Author Question: The Fronde, an uprising in France that nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign, was a revolt ... (Read 54 times)

TFauchery · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The construction of highways during the 1910's and 1920's

A) more than doubled.
B) encouraged the growth of the trucking industry.
C) greatly benefitted farmers who no longer had to rely solely on railroads.
D) lead to the expansion of automobile ownership.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 2

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following EXCEPT

A) personally dominating the actions of his ministers and secretaries.
B) adding loyal followers from relatively new aristocratic families to the royal council.
C) making the court a main arena where rival aristocratic factions jockeyed for power.
D) using Versailles as a place where powerful subjects came to find favors and offices for themselves and their supporters.
E) removing the central policy-making machinery of government from his own court and household.

Question 3

Route 66 began in Chicago and ended in

A) Las Vegas.
B) Los Angeles.
C) New York.
D) Boston.
E) Salt Lake City.

Question 4

The Fronde, an uprising in France that nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign, was a revolt of the French

A) peasants.
B) clergy.
C) nobility.
D) urban workers.
E) All of these are correct.