A major political factor was the ruling of Mikhail Gorbachev. He set up a reform known as Democratization. This allowed citizens to vote on people from one political party. He believed that if people had say in government it would fix some of the problems. Democratization led the Soviet Union into the transformation of a communist country to a democratic one. This did not happen over night but over a period of time. The people were angry at the fact that the Communist Party had not lived up to what it had promised which was in return for their obedience they would receive employment, free health care and a level of comfort. Once the Soviet Communist system began to fall, it would not stop until it was completely wiped out, just like the domino theory (Doc 2). Many people no longer liked the controlling

The last factor that helped end the Communist system was economical problems. The economy problem just kept growing and people thought that eventually the problem would explode leaving the society with horrible consequences to pay (Doc 4). The economy was in such bad condition that Gorbachev created his last reform, which was Perestroika. This was a Soviet Program of economic restructuring, which included a relaxation of government controls and the establishment of limited free enterprise. At this point private business were allowed to be opened and people could keep their profits. This still left the economy in ruins. The outputs were down, number of people unemployed kept on growing and inflation was increasing (Doc 5). Document 5 said that the solution to the problems would be abandoning Communism and becoming more capitalist with a democratic government. Another economical problem that got many Soviets angry was the price for goods. The work time in the U.S. was a lot lower then in the USSR. People in Russia had to work more hours to get food, clothing, and appliances to use in their everyday life (Doc 6). Since the economy was going downhill, communism was coming to an end too.

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