Question

In what way did the reunification of Germany lead to the downfall of the Soviet Union?

Answer 1

Answer:

C. It inspired countries in Eastern Europe to engage in war to overthrow Soviet rule.

Explanation:

In November 1989. fall of the Berlin wall began, and the East and West parts of Berlin reunited again. The eastern part was under the strict Soviet rulership and propaganda, and the fall of the wall meant freedom of information and movement for its citizens, as well as the symbolic decline of SSSR’s power.

Encouraged by the demolition of the wall and sense revolution, various Eastern countries started their own protests and fights for change. Some of them were already active before the fall of the wall, but the unification of Berlin gave everyone hope. Hungary opened the borders, Poland had free elections, Prague rose Velvet Revolution against the communistic government, and Romanians overthrew dictator Ceausescu. The so-called Iron curtain of the Soviet rulership started to rise from Eastern Europe.