Which of these was true of the Contras during the Nicaraguan civil war?
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The Contras received support from the U.S. government.
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The photo shows the Allied leaders meeting in Potsdam, Germany, in 1945.
The Allied leaders were meeting to discuss which of the following?
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Europe's future now that Germany had been defeated
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Why did the United States withdraw its support for the Aswan Dam?
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Egypt had refused to join an American-led alliance in the Middle East.
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Read the passage from a Soviet ambassador.
The foreign policy of the United States . . . is characterized in the postwar period by a striving for world supremacy. This is the real meaning of the many statements by President Truman and other representatives of American ruling circles; that the United States has the right to lead the world.
—Nikolai Novikov,
Ambassador of the USSR,
September 1946
Which of the following words best characterizes the ambassador's perspective of American foreign policy?
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distrust
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How did Mikhail Gorbachev differ from previous Soviet leaders?
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He recognized that the Soviet Union needed to adapt.
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During the Cold War, the United States supported anti-communist dictators who committed human rights abuses and opposed democratic freedoms. What does this indicate about the actual goal of the United States?
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The actual U.S. goal was to undermine Soviet influence.
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Defectors from East Germany were people who
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fled their homes to move permanently to the West.
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Which of the following phrases best describes East Germany after World War II?
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Communist economic system
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In, ____ the Sandinista rebels overthrew the government of Nicaragua.
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1979
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What negative effects did East Germany experience after reunification? Check all that apply.
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slow economic growth
many business closings
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When Serbia used murder and terror to eliminate Muslims, they called the policy
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ethnic cleansing
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What happened when Hungary opened its borders?
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Thousands of people left East Germany.
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Genocide is defined as
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deliberately killing people for religious, ethnic, or political reasons.
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Which of these were included in the SALT II treaty? Check all that apply.
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a limit on the launchers for intercontinental ballistic missiles
a ban on all new missile programs in the US and the USSR
