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AP European History 2.4 Period 4: 1914-Present. The reform measures enacted by Gorbachev were used to accomplish which of the following in regards to the Communist Party?

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and here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by the free market [People shopping at a market]

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like a magical Safeway where everything is free and you don't get chased out of

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the store for taking like 20 boxes of the Captain Crunch without paying [Man runs away from store with Captain Crunch boxes]

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alright take a look at this image....

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alright here's today's question the reform measures enacted by Gorbachev

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were used to accomplish which of a following in regards to the Communist

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Party and here your potential answers....

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well Gorbachev bless his heart truly believed he could fix a Communist Party [Gorbachev giving a speech]

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in Soviet Russia well unfortunately he was a bit of a bumbling Dad trying to

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fix a leaky faucet about it well meaning but he really should [Gorbachev trying to fix a leaky faucet]

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have just called the plumber... Gorbachev did a bunch of stuff that

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really did seem good on paper he encouraged political participation and

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even relaxed policies of censorship in an effort to allow freedom of speech and

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expression and while he supported openness and a break from tradition he [Gorbachev holding signs for break from tradition and openness]

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didn't go quite as far as adopting a capitalist economy because you know that

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whole communism thing yeah he was still committed to it most importantly

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Gorbachev tried to reduce the overall authoritarian nature of the government [People protesting]

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through something called Glasnost - a measure that aimed to produce

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transparency in the Soviet government so A is the correct answer

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As you might have figured out by now because of the whole there's no longer

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a Soviet Union thing Gorbachev's well meaning policies didn't

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exactly work why? well unfortunately transparency is only a thing when you [Man showering and curtain is drawn back]

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have nothing to hide if you're just hanging out watching some TV why not

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crack open a window but if you're stealing that TV then having a wide-open [Man stealing a TV]

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window it might not be the smartest idea...

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