As an Instrument of Perestroika, Glasnost Allowed

question 12

Multiple Choice

As an instrument of perestroika, glasnost allowed

• A) the banning of many books.
• B) criticism of the government and Soviet society.
• C) the exclusion of Western culture from the Soviet Union.
• D) the abandonment of political reforms.
• E) the development of factories in Siberia.

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Definitions:

Substantive Due Process

A principle allowing courts to protect certain fundamental rights from government interference, even if procedural protections are not violated.

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Free Speech

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Commerce Clause

A provision in the United States Constitution that grants Congress the power to regulate trade between states, with foreign nations, and with Indian tribes.