__________ led 80,000 Chinese peasants in the epic __________ in the mid-1930s

In Europe, interest groups

A) do not exist. B) often form political parties. C) exist but are not as powerful as in the United States. D) have the same role and power as in the United States. E) do not have the same constitutional protection that they have in the United States and are frequently persecuted.

In light of the emergency situation, the Russian parliament granted President Boris Yeltsin extraordinary powers to rule by decree. Which of the following was an implication of this privilege?

A. immediate suspension of the Constitutional Court B. rising confidence among the members of the parliament with regard to Yeltsin's economic reforms C. the Constitutional Court's open endorsement of Yeltsin's political reforms D. hyper-inflation in which prices rose to more than 25 times their previous level in one year E. a resolution of disputes between the president and the legislature by the summer of 1993