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End of the Cold War...(?)
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1
What symbol of Communism did Reagan ask the soviet leader to tear down?
The Ukrainian Missile Defense Shield
Lenin's Tomb
The Kremlin
The Berlin Wall
2
In what year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1991
1990
1992
1989
3
Which President is credited for beginning to thaw relations with communist Russia and China?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
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Who became president of what was left of the Soviet Union (RSFSR) after Gorbachev?
Boris Yeltsin
Nikita Kruschev
Alexander Solzynytsin
Vladmir Lenin
5
Perestroka refers to the restructuring of the what aspect of the Soviet Union?
The one party system
The secret police (KGB)
The political bureaucracy
The economy
6
What was the first of the Soviet Republics to declare and gain their independence?
Lithuania
Estonia
Romania
Latvia
7
Korea and Vietnam are two examples of these:
Genocidal Wars
Moral Wars
Wars of Attrition
Proxy Wars
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How did the US put economic pressure on the USSR to win the Cold War?
We isolated Russia politically from the rest of the world
Blockaded their access to oil
We spent alot of money on military/space technologies
Sponsoring economic sanctions by the UN
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Which president of Russia started Glasnost, which resulted in the Soviet collapse?
Vladmir Lenin
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Kruschev
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What year did the Cold War end?
1991
1989
1990
1992