After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's ...

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After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies
 
  a. became much more belligerent than they had been before he replaced Malenkov.
  b. increased Stalinist repression and freed all political prisoners.
  c. were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance.
  d. diminished the spirit of rebellion in the Soviet satellites by promising them complete independence in 1973.
  e. placed less emphasis on the consumer aspects of the economy.

Question 2

The Soviet economy
 
  a. grew rapidly in the heavy industry sector during the late 1940s and the early 1950s.
  b. was, unlike the capitalist economies, devoted to raising the living standards of the poorest workers, the toiling masses.
  c. obtained capital for expansion from overseas governments and investors.
  d. was overseen from Gosplan headquarters in the Lyubyanka building in Kharkov.
  e. became consumer driven, thus eliminating black-market activity.

[amcvicar]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a

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[mcarey591]

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