An interest group (also called an advocacy group, lobbying group,
pressure group, or special interest) is a group, however loosely or
tightly organized, that is determined to encourage or prevent changes in
public policy without trying to be elected.
So based off this knowledge, we can eliminate C. :)
I don't think it's A or B because they are more concerned with change
and advocacy than a "free time" thing.
So going with this definition, I'd go with D ;)
Answer: The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
True, Robert Smalls was born into slavery in South Carolina and was hired out to work on steamboats as a youth. He was born an African-American slave, and during and after the Civil War became a ship's pilot, sea captain, as well as a politician. He freed himself, his family and other slaves and convinced Lincoln to let African-American soldiers fight during the war.
It is A, because it was only the Soviet and USA. Hope it helps!
Brezhnev was much keener to protect the priviledges of the Nomemclature than reforming the country. Khrushchev had reformed the Soviet Union because he wanted it to have a better image abroad. He was destituted by the Nomemclature who feared about their priviledges and blamed him for failing in Cuba in his foreign policy.