What was the ultimate goal of franklin's plan for self-improvement?
a.
to achieve moral perfection
b.
to improve in at least two categories
c.
franklin had no expectations of success
d.
to create a popular self- plan

The correct answer should be a. To achieve moral perfection

He believed that if everyone behaved according to that plan, the world would be a great place, and that everyone should strive to become such a person. He followed the plan since he was 20, up until his death at 79.

The right choice is:

They feared war would cost lives and hurt American business in Europe.

Explanation:

There have always been isolationist feelings in the United States, even since the foundation of the republic. After the outbreak of WWI, the American public did not feel warm about the war, seen as a distant conflict of greedy European powers in which the US had no business. Geographic isolation of the American continent and the natural barrier of huge oceans have traditionally given the country a feeling of safety. People did not see why American lives would be lost and feared damage to American business interests.