Catherine the Great of Russia:
A. replaced the nobles with loyal government bureaucrats.
B. abandoned the ideals of absolutism.
C. built a strong alliance with the nobility.
D. made an alliance with Poland.
E. freed Russia's serfs.
C
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Where did the Polish leaders form a government-in-exile in the 1940s?
a. Paris. b. Stockholm. c. Washington DC. d. London. e. Marseilles.
In the 1890s, the black journalist Ida B. Wells devoted her writing to attacking
A. the loss of black voting rights. B. the legality of segregation. C. restrictions on black education. D. the crime of lynching. E. the arguments of Booker T. Washington.
Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws proposed that _____________.
A. people must be ruled by enlightened kings B. the best government for France would be a republic C. there is no one form of government that is universally preferable D. a government can serve the needs of the people only through the establishment of a mutually understood constitution E. a social contract cannot be understood by people without an education