WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was one cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union?
A
Citizens lost more rights which led them to demand changes.
B
Citizens were granted more rights which led them to demand change.
C
Citizens wanted to keep the Cold War going in order to bring about change.
D
Citizens were benefiting economically and wanted to continue the growth.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gorbachev’s decision to allow elections with a multi-party system and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a slow process of democratization that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fall of the Berlin Wall started a series of events that led to the Disintegration of the Soviet Union. Economic weakness, political stubbornness, and the growth of nationalism were the causes for the disintegration of the Soviet Union or the disintegration of the USSR.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many historians believe that the two policies he put in place to address the nation’s challenges, glasnost (“openness”) and perestroika (“restructuring”), hastened the dissolution of the Soviet system, which was already in decline.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Soviet Union collapsed after 69 years. Some of the main causes of the collapse were that the Soviets lost support from many other countries, since they gained independence already, and started to break away from their empire. In addition, they also had a poor economy, and lots of unemployment rates.

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