End of the War in Europe — Quiz

Question 1

What was one reason the US distrusted the Soviet Union?

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Totalitarian governments made the US wary.

Question 2

At the Potsdam Conference, Allied leaders decided that the leaders of Nazi Germany would be

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tried.

Question 3

After World War II, why did the Soviet Union take over a number of countries to its west?

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to create a buffer zone between itself and the Western powers

Question 4

At the end of the war in Europe, the US and the allies were uncertain about the future because

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Truman took over and implemented new ideas.

Question 5

Why did President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill want to create the Declaration on Liberated Europe?

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They wanted to ensure that the nations under German control would again be free.

Question 6

At the end of World War II, which of the Allied nations captured the German capital city of Berlin?

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the Soviet Union

Question 7

The international peacekeeping organization formed directly after World War II was called

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the United Nations.

Question 8

As they moved toward their final military targets in World War II, Allied troops

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discovered Nazi concentration camps.

Question 9

At the Potsdam Conference, which country did Allied leaders make larger?

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Poland

Question 10

At the Yalta Conference, what did Allied leaders decide to do with Germany?

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divide it into four Allied-occupied zones

End of the War in Europe — Quiz Answers