A) Women should renounce contact with men and set up their own self-governing communes.
B) Women were always and wrongly defined by their differences from men and consequently seen as second-class beings.
C) World War II had legitimated the political advantages and hegemonic power of males.
D) A "sexual revolution" was impossible.
E) There was absolutely no hope in improving the status of women in the near future.
G) A) and E)
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A) Finland
B) Iraq
C) Poland
D) Yugoslavia
E) Turkey
G) C) and D)
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A) The improvement of communications between the U.S. and Soviet Union to prevent nuclear war
B) The installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba
C) The overthrow of Cuba's Soviet-supported government by the U.S.
D) John Kennedy backing down to the threats of Nikita Khrushchev
E) Fidel Castro giving up his military authority, but not his political control, in the Cuban government
G) C) and E)
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A) France.
B) Britain.
C) West Germany.
D) Italy.
E) Belgium.
G) A) and B)
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A) containment.
B) détente.
C) MAD (mutually assured destruction) .
D) massive retaliation.
E) All of these are correct.
G) None of the above
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A) He pardoned Stalin for his crimes.
B) He insisted that the forced labor camps must stay open indefinitely.
C) He urged the Party to adopt a limited form of capitalism in order to stay in power.
D) He called for a cessation of the Cold War.
E) He condemned Stalin.
G) B) and D)
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A) To represent the interests of the Palestinians and the rights to a state
B) To create economic ties with western countries
C) To be the Soviet Union's representative in the Middle East
D) To create diplomatic ties with Western countries
E) To stem communist incursions in Palestine
G) C) and D)
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The Marshall Plan, officially known as the European Recovery Program (ERP), was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion (approximately $128 billion in current dollar value as of 2020) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. The plan was in operation for four years beginning on April 3, 1948. The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity, and prevent the spread of communism.
The Marshall Plan is named after then Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced the idea in a commencement speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947. The plan had bipartisan support in Washington and was embraced by the countries of Western Europe. The initiative was also a response to concerns about the expansion of Soviet influence in the vacuum left by the devastation of the war, as communist parties had gained significant strength in countries like France and Italy.
The historical significance of the Marshall Plan is multifaceted:
1. **Economic Recovery**: It played a crucial role in the rapid reconstruction and economic revival of Western European countries after WWII, laying the groundwork for the long-term prosperity and stability of the region.
2. **Containment of Communism**: By promoting economic stability and prosperity, the Marshall Plan helped to counter the appeal of communism, which was particularly attractive in economically distressed countries.
3. **European Unity**: The plan encouraged cooperation and integration among European countries, which eventually contributed to the formation of the European Union.
4. **Transatlantic Alliance**: It strengthened the relationship between the United States and Western Europe, establishing the United States as a leader in the post-war world and paving the way for the creation of NATO.
5. **Global Economic System**: The Marshall Plan helped to establish the framework for the post-war global economy, including the promotion of free trade and the rebuilding of the international currency exchange system.
Overall, the Marshall Plan is considered a successful example of foreign aid that not only achieved its immediate objectives but also had a lasting impact on the international order and the post-war world.
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A) the division of Vietnam into antagonistic northern and southern states occurred after Vietnamese military forces had defeated the French, former governors of the region.
B) the North Vietnamese employed mercenary soldiers from various new post-colonial African states in a local war of liberation.
C) the United Nations, seeking to establish the post-colonial principle of national self-determination, encouraged North Vietnamese radicals to break with the West.
D) the Japanese, having lost their former empire in the Pacific, now provoked unrest in continental Asia by attempting to achieve hegemony in the region.
E) the Soviets supported South Vietnam against North Vietnam, because the latter was a threat to Soviet hegemony in Asia.
G) A) and B)
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A) remained firmly under British control.
B) gained its independence in a peaceful transition from British to native rule.
C) was divided into six new states on the basis of divisions within the caste system.
D) developed an empire of its own through the acquisition of Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) .
E) became two new countries, one Hindu and one Muslim.
G) C) and D)
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A) Poland
B) West Germany
C) Turkey
D) Hungary
E) France
G) A) and E)
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A) The publication of his own autobiography
B) The publication of Stalin's Last Will and Testament
C) The publication of Trotsky's Dr. Zhivago
D) The publication of Solzhenitsyn's A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
E) The publication of the Bible and the Koran for the first times since the Revolution of 1917
G) A) and D)
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A) He worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement.
B) He declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path.
C) He tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev.
D) He started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism.
E) He ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union.
G) A) and D)
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