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I am not sure but I think the correct answer is true.
It was stated in the book that “The real force that ended the Soviet Union itself and most especially in the expectations and plans of the new reform leadership that came to power in 1985.” This event led to Mikhail being elected and trying to make new policies, but it didn’t work the way he wanted.
Nationalism was a threat to the Soviet Union, just like what the book said, “"That tenacious nationalism, more than any other factor, crushed their hopes for reform and destroyed the Soviet Union.” That is why I believe that communism went out with only a whimper and not a bang.
<span>it settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery. it lasted for more than 30 years, from 1819 to past 1854. it didn't really come to an end, it was just replaced by the Kansas-Nebraska act.</span>