Samuel clemens (mark twain) viewed the gilded age as a time of "ridiculous excess," and painted word pictures about this gaudy period. is this statement true or false?

Who rejected the final compromise effort to stop the session movement?

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.

Why did french and austrian troops stops revolts in spain and italy