Who was Boss Tweed during the Progressive Era?
A. A corrupt politician
B. An owner of multiple railroads
C. William Taft's Vice President
D. A factory owner

a is the answer

Explanation:

After the election of 1869, Tweed took control of the New York City government. His protégé, John T. Hoffman, the former mayor of the city, won election as governor, and Tweed garnered the support of good government reformers like Peter Cooper and the Union League Club, by proposing a new city charter which returned power to City Hall at the expense of the Republican-inspired state commissions

originally he was supposed to be dead but they wanted to continue the series so they brought him back to life.

france,russia and prussia had absolute monarchy and it meant:

when louis xiv inherited the throne, he was able to serve as his chief minister.louis xiv ruled as an absolute monarch.