One reason that the great reformer Mikhail Gorbachev rose to supreme power in the Soviet Union was that
A) his advanced age and experience made him greatly respected.
B) a young man was desirable, since his immediate predecessors had been too old or became incapacitated in office.
C) his leadership of the KGB gave him immense power.
D) the Soviet system tended to push able reformers to the top every few years.
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Q1: As a result of the overthrow of
Q3: Although Gorbachev wanted many reforms in Soviet
Q4: Freer publicity under Gorbachev revealed that the
Q5: In his agricultural reforms, Gorbachev, unlike Deng
Q6: Despite his reforms, criticism mounted against Gorbachev
Q7: Gorbachev launched a dramatic new foreign policy
Q8: Outside the Soviet Union, communism collapsed in
Q9: In Hungary, the Communist party
A) eased hardliner
Q10: The floodgate to change was opened in
Q11: The coup against Gorbachev in 1991 failed
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