As an instrument of perestroika, glasnost allowed
A. the banning of many books.
B. criticism of the government and Soviet society.
C. the exclusion of Western culture from the Soviet Union.
D. the abandonment of political reforms.
E. the development of factories in Siberia.
Answer: B
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a. Imports and exports grew dramatically and proportionally. b. Chinese exports to the United States increased dramatically, while Chinese imports from the United States increased modestly. c. Imports and exports grew slowly, consistently, and proportionally. d. Chinese exports to the United States increased modestly, while Chinese imports from the United States increased dramatically.
The most accurate assessment of the policy of moving Indians west where they would have time and space to adjust to civilized ways was that it:
A) was a great success. B) almost completely failed. C) only succeeded with a few tribes like the Apache and Comanches. D) was more successful with northern than southern tribes.
What slang term was given to the relatively small but symbolically important group of prosperous young Americans who embodied the rampant materialism of the 1980s?
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Mao Zedong's 1958 Great Leap Forward was intended to propel China into a world industrial power and was a plan designed to
a. build an alliance with the Soviet Union. b. isolate China from foreign influences. c. build modern Western-style factories. d. industrialize using small-scale industries and collectivized agriculture. e. put a man into space.