USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s communist resistance movements began to increase in Eastern Europe. All of the following were direct results of resistance movements in Eastern Europe EXCEPT:
A
Germany joined with Soviet Union to fight off resistance movements
B
Berlin Wall was torn down and Germany was united into one country
C
Communist party was overthrown in Hungary
D
Citizens began demanding changes and political rights in Soviet Union
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On November 9, 1989, thousands of jubilant Germans brought down the most visible symbol of division at the heart of Europe-the Berlin Wall.

Detailed explanation-2: -Eastern bloc, group of eastern European countries that were aligned militarily, politically, economically, and culturally with the Soviet Union approximately from 1945 to 1990. Members included Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia.

Detailed explanation-3: -It also led to the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union-the world’s largest communist state-and the abandonment of communist regimes in many parts of the world, some of which were violently overthrown.

Detailed explanation-4: -The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the culminating point of the revolutionary changes sweeping East Central Europe in 1989. Throughout the Soviet bloc, reformers assumed power and ended over 40 years of dictatorial Communist rule.

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