The Following Excerpt Is from the Karlsbad Decrees, a Set

Multiple Choice

The following excerpt is from the Karlsbad Decrees, a set of policies that clamped down on liberal nationalists in the universities and the press (Evaluating the Evidence 21.1) : "The Diet shall have the right, moreover, to suppress on its own authority, without being petitioned, such writings included in Article 1 [newspapers and periodicals], in whatever German state they may appear, as, in the opinion of a commission appointed by it, are inimical to the honor of the union, the safety of individual states, or the maintenance of peace and quiet in Germany. There shall be no appeal from such decisions. . . ."
This passage amounts to a sweeping attempt at

A) censorship.
B) political reform.
C) economic reform.
D) ethnic cleansing.