Postcommunist Russia
A) experienced a 50 percent drop in its economy from 1991 to 2001.
B) developed “crony capitalism” and “gangster capitalism.”
C) moved toward greater authoritarianism under Putin.
D) suffered a decline in population.
E) All of the above.
Ans: E
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A) segregation in interstate transportation was unconstitutional. B) bans on interracial marriages were unconstitutional. C) school integration was proceeding too slowly. D) African Americans cannot protest segregation on private property.
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A. $5 billion in reparations B. administration over part of East Prussia and part of Germany C. administration over one of the partitioned zones of Germany D. Allied forces stationed in a demilitarization zone between Poland and the Soviet Union