Standard Bearer Academy

Democracy, capitalism, Christianity, and colonialism Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism (MAIN) Communism, Fascism, Nazism, and Anarchism Trade disputes, religious wars, ethnic conflicts, and border disputes

It brought lasting peace to Europe for centuries It strengthened democratic institutions in Germany permanently It created resentment and economic hardship that fueled the rise of Hitler and Nazism It had no significant impact on future events

Insufficient government funding for social programs The failure of capitalism to provide for the poor That 'men have forgotten God' — the rejection of transcendent moral truth Russia's geographic isolation from Western Europe

It has no connection to theological questions When human dignity depends on race or utility rather than creation by God, certain groups can be deemed unworthy of life The Holocaust was caused entirely by economic factors The doctrine of the image of God has no relevance to political ethics

He negotiated a peace treaty with Hitler that ended the war early He rallied the British people to resist Nazi tyranny when Britain stood alone, recognizing the war as a moral struggle He remained neutral throughout the conflict He focused exclusively on economic recovery rather than military resistance

As a diplomatic tactic with no sincere conviction behind it Because he believed the Cold War was fundamentally a moral struggle between freedom and totalitarian atheism Because he wanted to start a nuclear war with the Soviets Because he had no understanding of Soviet society

No significant role — the collapse was purely economic The Church supported the Communist government throughout Pope John Paul II inspired the Solidarity movement, and faith provided moral authority and courage that the regime could not control The Church discouraged political resistance of any kind

A major economic recession caused by stock market collapse Terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and struck the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people The signing of a major international trade agreement A natural disaster that devastated the East Coast

That God has no interest in political affairs That all empires will last forever if they are powerful enough That God brings rulers to naught and reduces them to nothing — no human empire endures against His purposes That only democratic governments receive God's blessing

To withdraw completely from public life and focus only on spiritual matters To seek the peace and prosperity of the city, praying for it and working for the common good To overthrow the government and establish a theocracy To conform to whatever the dominant culture demands