Author Question: Under Leonid Brezhnev, a. the Soviet Union established its technological prowess, launching a ... (Read 25 times)

Garrulous · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Under Leonid Brezhnev,

a. the Soviet Union established its technological prowess, launching a space program that sent the first satellite, and the first human, into space in 1961
b. the United States and the Soviet Union clashed in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
c. the Soviet Union launched the invasion of Afghanistan, a costly and unpopular war.
d. the Soviet Union established two reforms known as glasnost, and demokratizatsiia.

Question 2

Under Nikita Khrushchev,

a. the reign of terror initiated under previous rulers intensified.
b. the idea of collective leadership was criticized, ridiculed and ultimately rejected.
c. the USSR confronted the U.S. over the issue of nuclear warheads in Cuba.
d. public speeches were given extolling the virtues of Lenin's government.