After being deposed in 1989, what was generally the fate of the old discredited leaders of various Eastern European Communist parties?
A) They were hunted down and accused of crimes against their people.
B) They were seized, imprisoned, and then executed without a trial.
C) They were allowed, all too often, to retain their government posts.
D) They were sent into retirement without being accused of crime.
E) They fled their countries and sought political asylum overseas.
D
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For what purpose did the Spanish bishop Bartolomé de Las Casas write the work known in English as The Tears of the Indians?
A) to entreat other nations to dismantle the Spanish Empire B) to lament the lost cultures of the Native Americans C) to encourage the Spanish to convert the Indians to Christianity D) to critique such Aztec practices as human sacrifice E) to indict the conquistadores for their cruelty
What were the immediate consequences for Athens following the Peloponnesian War?
A) Athens was required to be governed by Spartan tyrants. B) Athens was required to forgo democracy and adopt an oligarchy similar to Sparta. C) Athens was forced to dismantle her navy. D) Athens lost much of her overseas territory, reducing imports and limiting food supplies. E) All of these
What provision was included in the Louisiana constitution of 1852?
A. Women received the right to vote. B. The governor was selected by the legislature. C. Slaves were not counted in the state's total population. D. Representation in both houses of the legislature was based on population.