Which of the following drove Louis XIV to near-bankruptcy?
a. a weak, underdeveloped economy
b. war
c. governmental corruption
d. Versailles
e. patronage of science and the arts
b
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Which of these best exemplifies the Lost Cause?
a. the effort to defeat Civil Service reform. b. fundraising initiatives by southern women to erect statues honoring slain Confederate soldiers. c. Ida B. Wells campaign against lynching in the Jim Crow South. d. Indian resistance to white encroachment on western lands. e. None of these choices.
The rapid rise of the Republican Party in the North can be partly attributed to the party's
a. moral stance in demanding complete abolition of the institution of slavery. b. active support of issues at the local level geared to attract immigrant and Catholic votes. c. adept organizing and campaigning skills at the grass-roots level. d. consistently laissez-faire economic platform. e. endorsement of slavery throughout the United States
What do the trials of the Christian soldier Julius and the aristocrat Phocas who was accused of paganism reveal about the relationship between the state and religion in the Roman Empire?
A) Religious authorities controlled the state. B) The state controlled religious authorities. C) The state tolerated a variety of religions. D) The state determined the people's religion.
Slaves in New England possessed __________
A) significant rights, such as the right to claim property and testify in court, but their lives were not without restrictions B) fewer rights than in southern colonies where slavery was more clearly defined C) the right to travel freely between states without restrictions D) no right to life or fair treatment