Question: What definition below best defines Conservatism as it was practiced in Europe in the 19th century?
- A belief based on expanding access to the ballot boxes for women and immigrants.
- A belief based on maintaining class distinctions, on concentrating wealth in the hands of a "small, reputable few" and on the idea that multiethnic kingdoms and lax immigration laws created fractured communities.
- A belief that democracy, diversity, and public health and welfare made for the most prosperous societies.