What Contributed to the End of Communist Regimes in Eastern

question 30

Multiple Choice

What contributed to the end of Communist regimes in Eastern Europe?

• A) The American economy grew exponentially during the early Bush administration, leading to close ties in trade to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
• B) Gorbachev rejected calls to democratize Soviet life and turned his attention to domestic policy to preserve communism at home instead of investing in Eastern Europe.
• C) Bush's close working relationship with most congressional Republicans enabled him to pass sweeping legislation that made the end of the cold war inevitable.
• D) Bush's lack of foreign policy experience led him to focus on domestic issues, which gave the Soviets space to topple the Eastern European governments themselves.
• E) With his eyes on the future, Gorbachev sought harmony and trade with the West and renounced the history of Soviet intervention in other Communist countries.

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