The events described in the passage contributed most directly to which of the following developments in the late 20th century?Your answer:O The spread of free market capitalism and economic liberalismO The expansion of social welfare states and socialist economiesO A rejection of Western European culture and consumer productsIncreased Cold War ternsions between the US and the Soviet Union. "Egalitarian Marxism, a more human form of communism without terror orRussians, continued to have broad appeal. But the [crushing of] anti-Stalinistuprisings of 1956 in Hungary and 1968 in Czechoslovakia left [people] feelingbewildered, if not betrayed. What they got was 'vegetarian' communism. ..more goods, some travel abroad, less repression, but only the most mutedvoice in politics.Early 70s [communist] regimes looked stable, relatively prosperousand likely to endure. But the command economy couldn't uphold the socialcontract: [Soviet bloc countries] borrowed heavily from the West to maintainan aging industrial base and a standard of living comfortable enough tokeep populations relatively quiescent. [Foreign debt] and a cycle of fallingproductivity and growing discontent accelerated."Ronald Grigor Suny, "Empire Falls: The Revolutions of1989." The Nation, 2009

The Soviet Union or the Eastern Bloc referred to the socialist state in Northern Eurasia that lasted…

The events described in the passage contributed most directly to which of the following developments in the late 20th century? Your answer: O The spread of free market capitalism and economic liberalism O The expansion of social welfare states and socialist economies O A rejection of Western European culture and consumer products O Increased Cold War ternsions between the US and the Soviet Union.

The events described in the passage contributed most directly to which of the following developments in the late 20th century? Your answer: O The spread of free market capitalism and economic liberalism O The expansion of social welfare states and socialist economies O A rejection of Western European culture and consumer products O Increased Cold War ternsions between the US and the Soviet Union.