What factors led to the collapse of communism?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers to this question can vary greatly. The lack of economic growth for a prolonged period of time, coupled with the stagnant political environment of the communist countries, certainly allowed preconditions for popular unrest. Some argue that the rearmament of conservative Western governments in the 1980s forced military spending by the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc nations to a level of expenditure they just could not continue, and economic collapse led to political collapse. Other theories are that Gorbachev's reforms spun out of control, that glasnost was taken well beyond its original intention of opening a political forum and quickly grew into unmanageable levels. Others would point to the global community and the greater awareness of human rights violations; places like Poland and Czechoslovakia issued Charter 77 requesting that governments abide by the terms of the Helsinki Final Act. Faced with an inability or lack of motivation to suppress anticommunist activities any longer, the removal from Soviet power and communist control was quick and relatively smooth (except in Romania).
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A) Mexican troops defeated an effort by Texian (as Americans in Texas were called) colonists in 1832 to take control of an army garrison. B) Steven F. Austin was arrested in the fall of 1833 and detained in a Mexican jail until 1835. C) President Andrew Jackson refused to support the appeal of many Texian leaders for the U.S. government to annex Texas. D) American volunteers initially captured the Alamo fortress at San Antonio de Bexar in 1835 from its Mexican garrison.
The Wagner Act officially the National Labor __________ Act, establishes the right for employees to form unions, requires employers to bargain with such unions fairly, and prohibits unfair labor practices such as firing employees for joining unions.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Egyptian novelist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988 was
a. Muhammad Fawzi. b. Muammar Qadhafi. c. Naguib Mahfouz. d. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. e. Khalil Gibran.
As the 1976 election approached, why was President Ford challenged from both the right and the left?
What will be an ideal response?