The Soviet Union detonated its first nuclear device in ______.

A. 1938
B. 1949
C. 1953
D. 1959
E. 1965


Answer: B

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Why did European nations begin to default on repaying their debts to the United States in the late 1920s?

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During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, southern agriculture

A. regained the profitability it had prior to the Civil War. B. saw the great majority of farmers live under the tenant system. C. saw a significant diversification of its crops. D. saw a decline in absentee ownership of farmland. E. saw a deceleration of the processes begun in the postwar years.

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