Tutor profile: Julianne C.

Comment est-ce que le XVIIIème siècle transformait la France?

Il est incontestable que les royaumes d’Henri IV et Louis XIV ont transformé la France. Néanmoins, les changements pendant le XVIIIème siècle, notamment les avancements scientifiques et les voyages autour du monde, ont vraiment élargi les horizons géographiques et figuratifs. Donc, quand La Fayette et La Pérouse décrivaient leurs expériences en Nouvelle France, Voltaire et Rousseau posaient des questions sur les racines du pouvoir et la liberté naturelle de l’homme. Pour cette raison, le siècle était marqué par la dominance française et les philosophes qui étudiaient le rôle du gouvernement.

What type of electoral system do the United States and the United Kingdom both share?

Both democracies feature single-member district plurality systems, also known as first past the post. Therefore, when a candidate in a district is the first to earn a plurality of the vote, they win. According to Duverger's Law, such electoral rules result in a two-party system.

What was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's major economic solution to the Great Depression? What did this solution entail and was it effective in promoting economic recovery for the United States?

President Roosevelt's "solution" to the Great Depression was collectively known as the New Deal. The New Deal was a set of economic stimulus and job-creating programs over the course of the 1930s. These included experimental programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration, which created jobs, and an expansion of the government safety net such as the Social Security. Act. Over the course of his four presidential terms, the New Deal effectively mitigated the most profound problems of the Great Recession, including joblessness. Although America's entry into World War II would mobilize the economy and create numerous job opportunities that would end the Great Recession, the federal safety net created during the New Deal reflected the expanding role of government in the United States.