Under Perestroika, What Did Mikhail Gorbachev Intend to Achieve

question 12

Multiple Choice

Under Perestroika, what did Mikhail Gorbachev intend to achieve?

• A)To frighten the United States with more military spending
• B)To create a more free and open political culture in the USSR
• C)To restructure the economic and political systems

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