The End of a Century

What wall did President Reagan say to tear down?

• the Berlin Wall
• the Iron Curtain
• the White House
• the Great Wall

Mikhail Gorbachev advocated for what two policies?

• socialism and nationalism
• democracy and capitalism
• glasnost and perestroika
• isolationism and militarism

What was glasnost?

• A policy of openness and transparency in the Soviet government.
• A cultural festival celebrated in Russia.
• A military strategy used during the Cold War.
• A type of economic reform in Eastern Europe.

What was Gorbachev's perestroika?

• A military strategy to expand Soviet territory.
• A cultural initiative to promote Russian literature.
• A foreign policy to strengthen ties with Western nations.
• A reform program aimed at restructuring the Soviet economy and political system.

What two world leaders signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty?

• Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev
• Bill Clinton and Vladimir Putin
• Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
• George H.W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin

What was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty?

• A 1990 treaty that focused on long-range nuclear missiles.
• The INF Treaty was a 1987 agreement that eliminated intermediate-range nuclear missiles between the US and the Soviet Union.
• An agreement to reduce all nuclear weapons globally by 50%.
• A treaty that allowed the US to deploy nuclear weapons in Europe.

​ (a)   introduced democratic ideals, which soon led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Vladimir Lenin
• Joseph Stalin
• Leon Trotsky

Boris Yeltsin and George H. W. Bush signed the ​ (a)   pact, which was designed to cut both nations’ nuclear arsenals by two-thirds.

• START II
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• Paris Climate Agreement
• SALT I Agreement

What benefit did the fall of the Soviet Union provide for the U.S.?

• Increased economic isolation for the U.S.
• Heightened military competition with China.
• Former Soviet satellite countries became new U.S. trade partners

• Strengthened the Soviet military presence in Europe.

When the communist Sandinistas toppled the Nicaraguan dictator, President ​ (a)   recognized the new regime and sent $83 million in economic aid.

• Carter
• Reagan
• Bush
• Clinton
• Ford