The Ruling Policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union

question 95

Multiple Choice

The ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union

• A) included the forcible exportation of Russian Communism to Central and South America.
• B) evoked a "New Thinking" about world affairs and the balance of power leading to new arms limitation treaties and greater autonomy for Communist regimes in Eastern Europe.
• C) increased political repression in Russia and in Eastern Europe.
• D) grew out of Russian misperceptions of United States strengths and failed to appreciate that American military spending and tax reductions under Ronald Reagan had greatly increased American budget deficits.
• E) led to a reform of Soviet Communism and the permanent strengthening of the Soviet regime.

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