1. many factors led to the end of communism in the soviet union and eastern europe, and subsequently the end of the cold war. choose one of the topics below and in a brief essay, identify the person or event and explain the role that the person or event played in to end the cold war. • alexander solzhenitsyn • helsinki accords • pope john paul ii • solidarity trade union • ronal reagan • mikhail gorbachev • hungary

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.