By the 1980s Soviet problems included all of the following EXCEPT
A) a collapse of the space exploration program.
B) a decline in the standard of living.
C) rigid, centralized planning.
D) the failure to keep pace with the West in the production of high technology.
E) the inability of the Communist Party and state agencies to solve problems quickly.
A
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A) ?? Florence Kelley: federal child-labor laws B) ?? Margaret Sanger: birth control C) ?? Alice Hamilton: lead poisoning D) ?? Mary Ware Dennett: sex education E) ?? Emma Goldman: work-related diseases and health hazards
How did the Polish humanist Nicolaus Copernicus support his theory of the universe?
A) by formulating a hypothesis and conducting experiments to test the hypothesis B) by building a telescope and recording observations of planetary movements C) by proving that texts that placed the Earth at the center had been falsified D) by citing ancient writers who postulated that the sun was at the center
The Missouri Compromise of 1819
A. extended slavery throughout the Louisiana Territory. B. created a northern boundary of slavery at the 42°40? parallel. C. maintained the nation's equal number of slave and free states. D. denied statehood for Missouri for two more years. E. was roundly criticized by nationalists in the North.
Personal facts, usually socially approved characteristics, that people share openly with others constitute:
A) private information. B) the hidden self. C) public information. D) the blind self. E) the unknown self.