The final big event preceding Gorbachev's exit from Soviet political life was the:
A. attempted coup in 1991
B. attack on the Russian Parliament building in 1993
C. massacre of civilians in Romania in 1989
D. opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989
E. rise of Putin to power in 1998
A
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(A.) the beginning of freedom (B.) the legal end of institutional injustice (C.) the legal end of physical enslavement (D.) the end of physical enslavement
The tax cuts proposed by President Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 and 2002
A. formed the cornerstone of the Bush agenda. B. were criticized for doing little for job creation. C. turned federal budget surpluses into massive deficits. D. All of these answers are correct.
In 1894, the population density of Manhattan was
A. greater than in all major American cities except Boston. B. greater than the most crowded European cities. C. significantly lower than the density of New York today. D. significantly lower than that of most major European cities. E. equal to the density of Paris.
All of the following statements regarding Latinos in the United States are true EXCEPT that
A. Puerto Rican migrants established a large community in New York City. B. large numbers of Central American immigrants arrived in the U.S. in the 1980s. C. Cuban immigrants in the 1980s were more well-to-do than their counterparts in the 1960s. D. by the late 1960s, Mexican Americans were one of the largest population groups in the West. E. by 1960, Los Angeles had a bigger Mexican population than any place except Mexico City.