The Weakening of the Soviet Union in the Late 1980s

question 42

Multiple Choice

The weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was encouraged by the Soviet policy of

• A) glasnost.
• B) perestroika.
• C) apartheid.
• D) glasnost and perestroika.
• E) perestroika and apartheid.

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