Soviet Premier Gorbachev's creation of the Soviet Union's first working legislature and his allowing competitive elections in 1989 are examples of ________ ; his legalization of small private business corporations and leasing of land to individuals
are examples of ________ .
A) glasnost; perestroika B) perestroika, glasnost C) glasnost; detente D) detente; perestroika
A
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Automobiles, radios, and motion pictures
a. were resisted as threats to local communities. b. contributed to the standardization of American life. c. had little impact on traditional life-styles and values. d. were for the most part too expensive for ordinary working families. e. strengthened American family life.
Stalin's idea of Soviet progress was through
a. revolutions in advanced nations that would produce a global revolution. b. allowing some space for capitalism and foreign investment. c. top-down governmental control of every aspect of economic, political, and social life. d. the consolidation and transition of power to important governmental departments. e. lifting all restrictions on private enterprise.
What did the National Bank Act of 1863 do?
A) It created a national bank in each Confederate state. B) It established criteria by which a bank could get a federal charter and issue national bank notes. C) It declared that it was a conflict of interest, and therefore illegal, for federally chartered banks to purchase federal war bonds. D) It tied the value of Confederate currency to the price of cotton on the European market. E) It took the Union off the gold standard.
To what was Thomas Mann referring with the statement "Fanaticism turns into a means of salvation... politics becomes an opiate for the masses...and reason veils her face"?
a. liberalism b. Nazism c. anarchism d. Stalinism e. politically active churches