As one consequence of the demise of the Soviet Union,
a. religious rivalries in Russia ended.
b. Solidarity rose in Poland.
c. the entire European continent became more stable.
d. long-suppressed ethnic hatreds flared in the former Soviet republics.
e. the rivalry between Russia and China ended.
Answer: D
The Resurgence of Conservatism
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- The result of the Persian Gulf War was that
- The United States joined its allies in the Persian Gulf War in order to
- In response to the collapse of the Soviet Union, President George Bush called for a "new world order" where
- Among the Democrats whom Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis defeated for the party's nomination to run against George Bush in 1988 were
- The Supreme Court cases of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and Planned Parenthood v. Casey
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- Modem conservatism springs from
- All of the following issues or developments in the 1992 political campaign revealed popular disgust with incumbents except
- "Solidarity" was
- The Democrats' hopes for the 1988 election rose sharply because of major scandals in the Reagan administration involving
- In the cases of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court
- The "new right" developed many of its tactical approaches by imitating the methods of
- Ronald Reagan's highest political objective as president was
- In 1986 Congress passed legislation mandating
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- The Iran-contra investigations revealed Ronald Reagan as a president who
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- In the 1980s, for the first time in the twentieth century,
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