Russia Obj 3

Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms of perestroika and glasnost resulted in

• censorship of the news media in Russia

• conditions that helped lead to the breakup of the Soviet Union (USSR)

• an era of world peace and Soviet prosperity

• a successful transition to a command economy in Russia

The GOAL of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika and glasnost was to

• resume development of Soviet nuclear weapons

• stimulate economic growth and political discussion

• expand collectivization and communes

• stop expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) into Eastern Europe

What Russian president tried to reform and improve Russia’s economy by moving toward a democratic government?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Putin

• Ronald Reagan

What has the end of communism in the Soviet Union caused many countries in Eastern Europe to do?

• work towards a free-market economic policies

• maintain a communist form of government

• move to a command economy

• join the Warsaw Pact

The belief that the United States had to prevent the USSR from expanding and Communism from spreading was known as

• Containment

• The Marshall Plan

• Creeping socialism

• Red Herring