"In the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind—too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor." – Ronald Reagan

Question

"In the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind—too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor." – Ronald Reagan

Use the above text to answer question 10.
10. Based on Reagan's argument, what caused the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union?*
5 points
A. Hungry peasants overthrew the Soviet government in Moscow.
B. The struggling Soviet economy collapsed, leading to the fall of communist governments.
C. The Soviet Bloc nations turned on each other in civil war.
D. Government corruption led to people seeking free elections.

Answer 1