What best describes the ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union?
a. They forced the exportation of Russian Communism to Central and South America.
b. They evoked a "New Thinking" about internal and global politics, as well as an emphasis on openness and reform.
c. They increased political repression in Russia and in Eastern Europe.
d. They grew out of Russian misperceptions of United States strengths and failed to appreciate that American military spending and tax reductions under Ronald Reagan had greatly increased American budget deficits.
e. They led to a reform of Soviet Communism and the permanent strengthening of the Soviet regime.
b
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A) because of threatening neighbors and weak leaders B) because of powerful droughts and crippling food shortages C) because of a technological gap D) because of a lack of powerful allies E) because of insufficient wealth
Three-quarters of the teachers who taught for Freedmen's schools were
A) ?northern men. B) black. C) ?northern women. D) ?former plantation owners. E) members of the Union military.
Operation Enduring Freedom led to a U.S. invasion of:
A) Pakistan. B) Iran. C) Iraq. D) Afghanistan.
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a. A missionary desire to spread Christianity b. The desire to establish a sea route to Asia c. The emergence of less powerful central monarchies in many European states d. Innovations in navigation and ship design e. Population decline due to the return of the Plague