Secret Speech

What will be an ideal response?


Speech by Khrushchev in 1956 to a closed party meeting that criticized Stalin and marked the beginning of his campaign to purge Stalin's supporters

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Which of the following challenged Soviet domination of eastern Europe in 1956?

A) protests in Romania B) a revolt in Bulgaria C) a strike Yugoslavia D) an uprising Hungary

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Colonial Brazil did not offer higher education prior to 1800, which is why the earliest universities in colonial Latin America were all in Spanish America. Among these, the oldest were those of Santo Domingo, Mexico City and _________.

a. Córdoba, Argentina b. Lima c. Bogotá d. Quito

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Which of the following accurately describes patterns of slaveholding in the antebellum South?

a)  Between 25 and 40 percent of whites were slaveholders. b)  Three-fourths of the white population owned at least 50 slaves. c)  Slaveholding was least common in the states in the Cotton Belt. d)  Slaveholding was least common in the Lower Mississippi Valley.

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The Income Tax Act of 1986, supported by the Reagan administration,

A) raised tax rates significantly for corporations and for capital gains. B) lowered the lowest taxable income rate from 30 percent to 10 percent. C) was a significant attempt to solve the problem of a huge federal deficit by increasing the taxes of those most able to afford them. D) lowered tax rates significantly for corporations and the wealthy.

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