Why did Stalin want to expand into Eastern Europe

To protect the USSR from future attacks

Why did Truman take a harder stance against the Soviets at Postdam?

USA did not need Soviet help against Japan anymore, USA had developed the atomic bomb

Why did Stalin want access to the Ruhr?

To strip Germany of its industrial base to rebuild the USSR

What was Marshall Aid?

A way of containing Communism, A response to the Truman doctrine, $17 billion of financial aid, A plan to fix the ruined economy of Western Europe

which countries did the USSR take over after 1945

Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania

What was the point of the Truman Doctrine?

To contain the spread of Communism

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1
Churchill wanted free elections to be held in which country?
Italy
Germany
Hungary
Poland
2
Which Civil War did Stlain reluctantly allow Britain and America to intervene in?
Greece
Spanish
Vietnam
Albania
3
Why did Stalin want to expand into Eastern Europe
To exploit the resources of other countries
Lebensraum
To protect the USSR from future attacks
To unite all Russian speakers
4
Why did Truman take a harder stance against the Soviets at Postdam?
The Soviets refused to join the UNO
The Soviets had invaded Poland
USA did not need Soviet help against Japan anymore
USA had developed the atomic bomb
5
Why did Stalin want access to the Ruhr?
To establish Russian colonies in Western Europe
To spread Communism
To strip Germany of its industrial base to rebuild the USSR
As a springboard for invading France
6
Which leaders met at Yalta
Stalin, Churchill, Truman
Lloyd George, Wilson, Clemenceau
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
Stalin, Truman, Attlee
7
What was Marshall Aid?
A way of containing Communism
A response to the Truman doctrine
$17 billion of financial aid
A plan to fix the ruined economy of Western Europe
8
What did the USSR agree to at Yalta
To give money to Britain and the USA
To join the war against Japan
To help develop the atomic bomb
To join the war against Germany
9
which countries did the USSR take over after 1945
Hungary
Ireland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
10
Who took over from Roosevelt at Potsdam?
Kennedy
Truman
Nixon
Eisenhower
11
What organisation was set up at Yalta
Nato
the World Health Organisation
the United Nations
League of Nations
12
What was the name of the pro-USSR Communist government in Poland?
The Polish Solidarity
The Polish Corridor
The London Poles
The Lublin Poles
13
What happened to Germany at Yalta
It was divided into four zones
It was divided into east and west
It was made to pay reparations
a democratic government was set up
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What was the point of the Truman Doctrine?
To resist Fascism
To restore a powerful Germany
To go to war with all dictators
To contain the spread of Communism

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