Question

How did the growth of resistance movements in Eastern Europe lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

It resulted in leaders of Eastern European satellite nations and individual Soviet republics traveling to Moscow in a successful bid to break up the Soviet Union.

It eventually spread to individual Soviet republics as well, leading to their independence.

It caused the Soviet central government to face internal pressure to dismantle the Soviet Union.

It led to the collapse of the military power that had held the Soviet Union together, causing the union to dissolve.

Answer 1

It led to the collapse of the military power that had held the Soviet Union together, causing the union to dissolve.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mikhail Gorbachev reforms in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe lead to the collapse of communism. Gorbachev promoted a new policy called glasnost. He promoted the democratization of society hoping for the participation of ordinary citizens. Gorbachev withdrew the Soviet army from Afghanistan. He released Eastern Europe from Soviet domination, permitting the dismissal of the Warsaw Pact, the Soviet military alliance in the area and stopped nuclear testing.