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HISTORY HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What two world leaders are given the majority of the credit for ending the Cold War?

Question 1 options:

Ronald Reagan and Stalin


Mikhail Gorbachev and Richard Nixon


Franklin Roosevelt and Mikhail Gorbachev


Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 2 (1 point) Question 2 Unsaved
Why was the Soviet Union having an economic crisis when Gorbachev came to power?

Question 2 options:

The economy in the Soviet Union focused on things like industry and construction, and not on producing products the people needed, such as food.


There was a global depression. Most countries in the world were suffering financially in the 1980’s.

All the talented people that helped develop businesses and industry left the Soviet Union for better jobs elsewhere.


The Soviet Union didn’t have an economic crisis. The United States was just telling the world that it was to make the Soviets look bad.

Question 3 (1 point) Question 3 Unsaved
Soviet Leader Gorbachev began making changes in his country in an attempt to improve conditions there. These included "perestroika", which involved restructuring the economy to replace defense spending and start producing goods needed by the people and "______________" which means openness of government, which included increased transparency of government.

Question 3 options:

capitalism


glasnost


democracy


reconstruction

Question 4 (1 point) Question 4 Unsaved
What was the Reagan Doctrine?

Question 4 options:

A policy that brought back the draft which was needed due to increased military involvement around the globe to stop communism.


A foreign affairs policy that committed the United States to spreading democracy worldwide, and fighting the spread of communism because Reagan believed communism to be the greatest evil of the modern age.


The promise of U.S. support to European powers fighting the Soviet Union in the Euro/Russian War


The end of the policy of containment started by president Truman.

Question 5 (1 point) Question 5 Unsaved
What is mutually assured destruction or M.A.D.?

Question 5 options:

The belief that that atomic bomb was the most powerful weapon in history


The military policy created by Ronald Reagan when Gorbachev got him angry by not agreeing to negotiate a reduction in nuclear weapons


The name of an organization of protestors against the arms race


The concept that neither the U.S. or the Soviet Union would attach each other with nuclear weapons because the other country could retaliate and send nuclear bombs back against the attacker.

Question 6 (1 point) Question 6 Unsaved
What brought the nuclear arms race to a halt (stand still)?

Question 6 options:

The Soviet Union couldn’t afford to compete with the United States continually growing defense systems


Gorbachev was tired of negotiating with Reagan and lied about stopping atomic weapons production so Reagan would leave him alone


Gorbachev had a much more powerful weapon and didn’t need to compete with atomic weapons anymore


Gorbachev’s term was about to end and he decided to leave the arms race to the next political leader of the Soviet Union

Question 7 (1 point) Question 7 Unsaved
What was the main reason why Gorbachev and Reagan could not come to an agreement on ending the nuclear arms race at the Reykjavik, Iceland Summit?

Question 7 options:

Gorbachev refused to allow international investigators into his nuclear weapon sites


Reagan refused to disclose how many nuclear weapons the U.S. actually had


Gorbachev wanted Reagan to limit the testing of the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) and Reagan refused, so talks ended


Reagan was distrustful after such a big failure in negotiations at the Geneva Convention

Question 8 (1 point) Question 8 Unsaved
Some historians consider the signing of this treaty to be the End of the Cold War because it eliminated nuclear and conventional (or non-nuclear) missiles that could hit a target from 300 to 340 miles.

Question 8 options:

Yalta Treaty


Treaty of Paris


Treaty of Moscow


INF Treaty (Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty)

Question 9 (1 point) Question 9 Unsaved
This historic event that occurred on Oct. 9 1989 was the symbolic ending of the Cold War.

Question 9 options:

The Berlin Airlift


The Russian Winter


The Red Rebellion


The fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 10 (1 point) Question 10 Unsaved
Which of the following is NOT true of life in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union?

Question 10 options:

Ethnic hostility has lessened


Quality of life rated higher


Free market capitalism is accepted


The great majority of Russians believe the fall of the Soviet Union was a good thing, and was not a loss for its people.

Answer 1

1. Reagan and Gorbachev are both credited as the leaders responsible for ending the Cold War. Reagan, unlike other presidents, wanted to destroy communism where possible rather than contain it. Gorbachev was also unlike other Soviet leaders. Gorbachev loosened the Soviet control of the masses allowing them more economic and political freedom. 2. The Soviet Union did not produce products for the people,and the people were not productive workers because they loathed working for the Soviets. 3. The policy of Glasnost was the Soviet policy of openness and transparency in the government brought forth by Gorbachev. 4. The Reagan doctrine put an end to the policy of containment by, as previously stated, attempting to destroy communism where possible rather than contain communism. 5. The concept of M.A.D. was that neither country would launch a nuclear attack on the other because both countries would be destroyed by the other. 6. The Soviet Union had brought the arms race to a halt after being unable to keep up with the United States defense spending. 7. Gorbachev and Reagan were unable to come to an agreement because Reagan refused to give up the SDI. The Soviets were afraid of the SDI because they did not know how to recreate this or even afford it. 8. The treaty which is considered to have ended the Cold War was the INF Treaty which eliminated intermediate-range nuclear missiles. 9. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the symbolic end of the Cold War. It represented the reunification of Germany, the end of Soviet rule, and the end of the Cold War. 10. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the quality of life did not get better. The inflation, lack of food, and overall poverty affected nearly everyone.