Why did the Cold War end?
What will be an ideal response?
Under Gorbachev's perestroika, the USSR stopped exerting total control over Communist bloc countries, which were then overthrown by popular revolutions. The same happened to the Soviet Union itself, as the several republics seceded from the Soviet Union. The Soviet military attempted to overthrow Gorbachev, but were thwarted by a popular revolt.
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In the photograph Chief and his staff, the Indians' riding off into the distance symbolizes
A) the beginning of a new and hopeful era. B) the disappearance of their culture. C) the backwards nature of American industry. D) the ignorance of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. E) the continued ecological destruction of America.
In Calvinist theology, the "converted" were expected
a. become missionaries and try to convert others. b. participate in crusades against the Catholic Church. c. withdraw from political and economic life. d. be above ordinary moral codes. e. demonstrate holy, "sanctified" lives and behavior.
Arrange these wartime conferences in chronological order: (A) Potsdam, (B) Casablanca, and (C) Teheran
a. A, B, C b. C, B, A c. B, C, A d. B, A, C e. A, C, B
Describe how the skyscraper and the automobile transformed urban life in the first half of the 20th century
What will be an ideal response?