Answer:
A
Explanation:
Decolonization of the Americas refers to the process by which the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule
Question: Under the communist party, organized religion in the Soviet Union was officially:
<em>Options:</em>
- 1) Tolerated
- 2) Encouraged
- 3) Subsidized
- 4) Banned
Answer: The correct answer is: <u>4) Banned.</u>
Explanation: The Soviet Union was the first state to have as an objective the abolisment of religion. The Communist regime ridiculed religion, harassed believers, confiscated church property, and propagated atheism in the schools. The Soviets had originally believed that if churches were deprived of its power, religion would be quickly eliminated. When this did not happen, they took more drastic measures. In Stalin’s purges (1936-1937) tens of thousands of clergy were grouped and shot. In some areas, it even became illegal for parents to teach religion to their own children. From 1917 to the 1980s, the more religion sustained, the more the Soviets would do to eliminate it.
NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance formed in 1949 as a mutual defense treaty of its member countries against external attacks. It was initially formed to counter the military capabilities of the USSR. It currently has 28 member countries from North America and Europe.
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Union's response to NATO, and was formed in 1955. It is also a mutual defense agreement among 8 member countries in the Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.
It was mostly the Holocaust that inspired the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, since this was indeed one of the most severe human ...
