What was an important reform made by Wladyslaw Gomulka in Poland,in contravention of Soviet policy?

A) a reduction in military spending to devote more resources to consumer goods
B) a denunciation of Joseph Stalin and his political philosophy
C) an end to the collectivization of agriculture,with land distributed to peasants
D) the introduction of markets in consumer goods to increase production
E) direct engagement with the United States instead of acting through the Warsaw Pact

What advantage to Americans did German immigration have over Irish immigration?

A) Germans learned the language quickly.
B) Germans were willing to assimilate more quickly into American culture.
C) Germans had better labor skills.
D) Most German immigrants were men.

During the Second World War, the personal income of most American workers___________________.

A) declined in real terms because of higher taxes
B) increased, but was eaten up by the high rate of inflation
C) was lower than that of workers in other industrialized nations
D) reached new highs

What did the phrase "balance of power" refer to when considering eighteenth-century politics?

A) the British governing policy of sharing power between the king and Parliament
B) the French governing policy of sharing power between the Catholic Church and the regional parlements
C) a fundamental principle of eighteenth-century diplomacy which sought to prevent any one country from dominating the continent
D) a fundamental principle in the newly independent United States which sought to prevent any one of the thirteen original states from dominating the union
E) a deal between France and Britain to share the colonies between the two of them

Malcolm X was assassinated by ___________________.

A) supporters of Martin Luther King, Jr
B) Black Muslims who believed he had betrayed their cause
C) white assassins hired by the FBI
D) a member of the Ku Klux Klan

Which American president signed legislation bringing the Environmental Protection Agency into existence?

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
D) Richard M. Nixon

By the end of the century, school desegregation in America was complete, with high schools across the country enjoying interracial student bodies.

In what year was the first federal Fugitive Slave Act passed?

A) 1776
B) 1793
C) 1810
D) 1830

What was the significance of Ashanti and Dahomey?

A) Portugal controlled these trade ports in Asia.
B) Europeans controlled these African cities.
C) These African states became powerful through the slave trade.
D) These port cities refused to participate in the slave trade.
E) Olaudah Equiano's father was chief of these kingdoms.