Under Perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev

question 57

Multiple Choice

Under perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev

• A) intended to frighten the United States with more military spending.
• B) intended to create a more free and open political culture in the USSR.
• C) intended to turn all power over to the people.
• D) intended to restructure the economic and political systems.
• E) intended to do nothing substantial.

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