The November 1989 destruction of the Berlin Wall was ______________________.
A. the result of explosions set off by East German police to stop the flow of refugees in to West Germany
B. a clear indication that Soviet domination of eastern Europe was coming to an end
C. an accident resulting from a demonstration of Soviet bitterness toward the United States for its 1918 anti-Bolshevik military meddling in Russia
D. a faked piece of western melodrama for the benefit of a Hollywood film crew
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
The former executive director of SCLC who became the US ambassador to the United Nations was:
A) John Lewis. B) Andrew Young. C) Thomas Sowell. D) Barbara Jordan.
The common economic policy of governments during the eighteenth century was
a. to accumulate cash. b. to engage in free trade. c. to deregulate prices. d. to use their empires to develop competitive markets.
What did most eighteenth-century American intellectuals think about science?
A) They suspected that the mysteries of the universe were too complex for any human to truly understand. B) They thought that science amounted to little more than turning lead into gold and experimenting with balloons. C) They believed that science explained the laws of nature. D) They feared that science could pose the greatest threat to organized religion since the Reformation. E) All of these choices.
Which of the following was not one of the functions of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a. collecting taxes b. helping workers secure labor contracts c. reuniting families d. establishing schools