Who became leader of the U.S.S.R. in 1985?
a. Leonid Brezhnev
b. Boris Yeltsin
c. Mikhail Gorbachev
d. Vladimir Putin
e. Boris Spassky
c
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Examine the 1921 photograph of the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that appears in Chapter 16. What tells historians that it depicts a race riot?
A) Houses and telephone poles are shown in the foreground. B) A road lies at the center of the image. C) A fire and a cloud of smoke appear in the background. D) Cars are shown in the image.
Richard Nixon's "new economic policy" mandated a 90-day freeze on any increase in wages and prices, to be followed by government monitoring to detect excessive increases in either
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
For which of these reasons did Athens build the Long Walls?
A) to prevent being starved into submission B) to keep enemies away from the Acropolis C) to control trade with Egypt D) to include Corinth in its fortified area E) to provide a base for its army
Which of the following best describes the initial impact of the renewed conflict between Great Britain and France on American commerce?
a. United States merchants lost a sizable number of ships to both British and French assaults. b. Both the British and the French regularly seized whole cargoes of American grain. c. The British and the French imposed an embargo against American trade with their West Indian possessions. d. The United States, as the world's largest neutral carrier, benefited commercially during the first two years ofthe war.