2 religions are different because they have different beliefs. They are similar because they believe in afterlife although it varies.
A. The world was freed from its fear of communism.
The fall of the Berlin wall symbolized the fall of communism, and then when it was taken down, the world had alleviated the fear of that principle.
The reason why the radical republicans rejected the ten percent plan is because they wanted to punish the South more heavily--by forcing at least half of the entire Southern population to swear allegiance to the Union, among other things.