When hardline Communists attempted a coup against Gorbachev that would re-establish the Communist dictatorship
a. Muscovites applauded the action.
b. he was quickly hustled off to Siberia for six months.
c. they lost the support of the KGB to Yeltsin.
d. he emerged as an even stronger leader of the Soviet Union.
e. they succeeded in delaying the disintegration of the Soviet Union for two years.
c
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How did Samuel Gompers and “Big Bill” Haywood differ?
a. Gompers believed in social reforms. b. Haywood wanted to limit union membership to skilled male workers. c. Gompers wanted to overthrow the capitalist system d. Haywood wanted to overthrow the capitalist system.
Most participants in the wartime slave rebellion
A. escaped to the Caribbean. B. died of disease, illness, or battle wounds. C. were returned to their colonial masters. D. enjoyed elevated status after the siege of Yorktown.
During the 1820s and 1830s, the growth of business was assisted by all of the following developments EXCEPT the?:
a) creation of a stable state banking system. b) specialization of stores. c) improvement in the distribution of goods. d) emergence of new general incorporation laws.
How can the area along the Euphrates River where agriculture was first discovered and developed around 7600 B.C.E. best be described?
a. a desert lacking natural irrigation b. mostly desert with a few patches of arable soil c. much wetter and more fertile than it is today d. uninhabitable because of its extremely hot temperatures e. convenient for plant cultivation but not for herding