The best way to measure public opinion is through opinion polls - B
With opinion polls you get an idea what is the general idea about a certain topic from the public, as you usually get a high enough sample to deduce the relevant information.
To answer your second question I would say it is either B or C as being a sole proprietor usually makes you subjec to being a small business or you're forced to use factors of production less efficiently.
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D. Lincoin begins negotiating with Confederate leaders to end the Civil War peacefully.
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The fundamental motif through all the centuries has been the principle that force and power are the determining factors. ... Force is the first law. A struggle has already taken place between original man and his primeval world. Only through struggle, have states and the world become great.
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Berlin--communism was contained by splitting the city of Berlin between East and West instead of allowing the capital city to fall under the control of the USSR
Korea--the US with the United Nations partitioned Korea into North and South with the North under the influence of the USSR and the South under the influence of the West. The advance of the North was prevented and the partition remained following the Korea War.
Cuba--though Cuba became a communist nation, the US attempted overthrows and potentially an assassination of the communist leader Fidel Castro. When the USSR attempted to put missiles in Cuba, the US was able to negotiate and prevent the missiles.