Under Mikhail Gorbachev,the USSR

question 206

Multiple Choice

Under Mikhail Gorbachev,the USSR

• A) expanded its territory farther into eastern Europe.
• B) changed from a confederation to a unitary state.
• C) suppressed glasnost (openness).
• D) introduced perestroika (economic and government restructuring).
• E) experienced no nationalist uprisings.

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