What personal tragedy caused Lenin to become a revolutionary?
A) Faced with prosecution for a crime he did not commit, his father committed suicide.
B) His alcoholic mother disappeared during a blizzard in a search for vodka.
C) His sister became pregnant after a liaison with a government official and died in childbirth.
D) His brother was executed for participating in a terrorist plot.
E) His brother was killed in an industrial accident after the factory foreman refused to pay attention to safety concerns.
D
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Attic tragedy served to __________.
A. touch on key moral ethical questions B. entertain the masses in times of trouble C. introduce prominent public speakers who might rise to political office D. teach youth about contemporary or historical issues
The development of electric trolleys in the late nineteenth century transformed the American city by
a. transforming the American city into a compact and communal "walking city." b. enabling cities to build upward as well as outward. c. separating the mass transportation of the working class from the private vehicles of the wealthy. d. enabling cities to plan streets along regular grid lines. e. creating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry.
What were the difficulties Gorbachev faced in implementing economic reform?
What will be an ideal response?
The Jacksonian charge of a "corrupt bargain" to gain John Quincy Adams the presidency arose because
a. William Crawford threw his electoral votes to Adams in exchange for a seat in the Senate. b. Adams was charged with having bribed members of the House to vote for him. c. Adams ended his previous opposition to Clay's American System. d. Clay was named secretary of state after throwing his support to Adams.