How did Stalin seize power in the USSR?
A) He brought the focus inward to Russia instead of any reliance upon the outside world.
B) He was a strong supporter of Lenin and had many followers.
C) He undermined the NEP when he realized it was not a success.
D) He undermined Trotsky and his authority, and eventually exiled his only opponent to Siberia.
E) All of these
E
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a. a stalemate, with a ten-month siege at Petersburg. b. defeat and a humiliating retreat back to northern soil. c. the occupation of the Confederate capital of Richmond. d. replacing Ulysses Grant as commander of the Army of the Potomac with William T. Sherman.
What was behind the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989?
a) A miscommunication among East Germans led to the Wall being opened by accident. b) Mikhail Gorbachev ordered the Wall torn down as a favor to Ronald Reagan. Consider This: One Politburo member later called the period shortly before the Wall came down “the Time of Silence... We were like a rabbit, struck motionless before a snake.” See 15.5: Narrative: Picnic at Sopron. c) The West Germans finally pulled out of the divided city for good. Consider This: One Politburo member later called the period shortly before the Wall came down “the Time of Silence... We were like a rabbit, struck motionless before a snake.” See 15.5: Narrative: Picnic at Sopron. d) Upkeep on the Wall proved too expensive for the East Germans. Consider This: One Politburo member later called the period shortly before the Wall came down “the Time of Silence... We were like a rabbit, struck motionless before a snake.” See 15.5: Narrative: Picnic at Sopron.
What was the primary function of medieval hospitals?
a. They provided homes for orphans. b. They served as residences for the elderly, the terminally ill, or the blind. c. They provided medical services to all. d. They served as centers for communal prayer. e. They were places for trade and commerce.
The so-called Sagebrush Rebellion was an effort by liberal Democrats from the western states to replace Jimmy Carter as the party's nominee in 1980.
a. true b. false