What conditions and ideas lay behind the emergence of the enlightenment in america?

Ideas underlying the emergence of the Enlightenment in America include Copernicus’ observation that the Earth traveled around the sun, meaning that the earth was not at the center of the universe and Newton’s application of math and science to explain the movement of the planets around the sun, undermining traditional Christian views

Read the following list of events:

• The stock market crashes.

• Drought in the Midwest causes the mass migration of farmers,

• President Roosevelt institutes the New Deal,

The events in this list are part of which of the following broader periods of

American history?

A. The Progressive Era

B. The Gilded Age

C. World War 11

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D. The Great Depression