The signs that communism was weakening in the 1980s included ______________.
A. inflation and underproduction
B. brutal repression of anticommunist protests in the satellite states
C. aid to the underground from those in official state positions
D. strikes among unhappy trade unions over the cost of living
E. All of these.
Answer: E
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a. First Amendment b. Fifth Amendment c. Fourteenth Amendment d. Nineteenth Amendment
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A) ?More and more women had children at a younger age. B) ?The number of married women with young children in the workforce dropped. C) ?Female employees secured 60 percent of the jobs created during the decade. D) ?Fertility rates rose throughout the 1970s. E) ?None of these are correct.