19/3 Final Exam

Question 1

Under …………….., the us worked to weaken communism and the sv by committing to the largest peacetime military buildup in its history

Answer 1

President Reagan

Question 2

Reagan also proposed the ………………. (Sdi) Which would used lasers to destroy missiles aimed at the us

Answer 2

Strategic Defense Initiative

Question 3

Reagan supported anti communist rebellions worldwide, including the …………., anti communist counterrevolutionaries in Nicaragua

Answer 3

Contras

Question 4

…………….., who became the leader of the sv in 1985, initiated reforms to move the country away from a state-controlled economy

Answer 4

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 5

He pursued the policies of ……………, meaning a new openness, and ………………., reforming the soviet system

Answer 5

-glasnost
-perestroika

Question 6

…………….. realized that the sv Union couldn’t match the us military buildup

Answer 6

Gorbachev

Question 7

From 1989 through 1991, ……………. Lost power in Poland, Hungary, Czech, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, and Yugoslavia

Answer 7

Communists

Question 8

Perestroika

Answer 8

A political movement within the communist party and is widely associated with the soviet leader mikhail gorbachev

Question 9

What happened to the sv in the immediate aftermath of its breakup?

Answer 9

It split into 15 independent republics, the largest of which being the Russian federation

Question 10

Why did the us invade Grenada in 1983?

Answer 10

To prevent the nation from becoming a communist outpost

Question 11

What happened after east Germany’s gov fell in 1989?

Answer 11

Authorities opened the gates of the Berlin Wall

Question 12

What was the goal of president Reagan’s “ peace through strength” policy?

Answer 12

To build military strength in order to challenge communist

Question 13

Why did president Reagan withdraw us marines from Lebanon in 1984?

Answer 13

Hundreds of marines were killed in a deadly explosion

Question 14

Why do some historians credit president Reagan with ending the Cold War?

Answer 14

His arms buildup strat forced the sv to abandon its military competition with the us

Question 15

Which 1991 event signaled the end of the communist power in the sv?

Answer 15

Supporters of Gorbachev defeated a communist coup

Question 16

How did mikhail Gorbachev’s leadership contribute to the fall of the sv?

Answer 16

-His policies to reform the communist system, to make it more open and democratic
-he weakened the communist party’s control and encouraged rebellion and dissent
(both of which led to the Sv’s collapse)