What happened to the Warsaw Pact after the end of the Cold War?

• A. It was dissolved in 1991
• B. It became a member of NATO in 1991
• C. It expanded in the 1990s
• D. It continued to exist into the 2000s

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that the Warsaw Pact stopped existing once the Cold War ended. This was a Soviet-led military alliance formed in 1955 to counter NATO, and its purpose faded as communist regimes fell and Eastern Europe moved toward independence and Western integration. By 1991 the member states had largely abandoned the alliance’s framework, and the pact was formally dissolved on July 1, 1991, with the treaty terminated. It didn’t join NATO or expand in the 1990s; instead, several former members later joined NATO individually, while the pact itself ceased to exist.