USA HISTORY

THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992

THE ELECTION OF RONALD REAGAN IN 1980

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Read the selection from the section “Splits Your City In Half.""In the 1950s, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said the Soviet Union would become mightier than the West. Today, we see that didn’t happen. The West is richer than ever before. The Communist world is much poorer than the West."What does Reagan mean by the word “mightier”?
A
more violent
B
richer and stronger
C
poorer and weaker
D
happier and more famous
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Khrushchev Thaw In September 1953, Nikita Khrushchev emerged as leader of the Soviet Union upon becoming the First Secretary of the Communist Party. He consolidated his power further after becoming Chairman of the Council of Ministers on 27 March 1958.

Detailed explanation-2: -After Stalin died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and Georgy Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -Khrushchev’s Thaw opened the Soviet society to a degree that allowed some foreign movies, books, art and music. Some previously banned writers and composers, such as Anna Akhmatova and Mikhail Zoshchenko, among others, were brought back to public life, as the official Soviet censorship policies had changed.

Detailed explanation-4: -In February, 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev made a keynote address to international communist leaders at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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