In 1988,Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Signaled His Desire to Change

question 46

Multiple Choice

In 1988,Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signaled his desire to change past policies by

• A)renouncing his own communism.
• B)ordering a military coup against communist hard-liners within his government.
• C)giving the republics within the Soviet Union their independence.
• D)releasing political prisoner Nelson Mandela after twenty-seven years.
• E)agreeing to a significant nuclear arms reduction treaty.

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