How were the East taken over by the USSR

Question 1

East Germany

Answer 1

The USSR had given control of this country at the Yalta conference

Question 2

Hungary

Answer 2

Communists won the election in 1947 and all opposition had been destroyed by 1949

Question 3

Yugoslavia

Answer 3

Liberated itself from the Nazis and invited the communist leader Tito to become President

Question 4

Bulgaria and Romania

Answer 4

Communists won election as part of a coalition in 1945 and then executed the other leaders

Question 5

Czechoslovakia

Answer 5

Communists were in a democratic coalition government but in 1948 communists overthrew the president and replaced him with a communist

Question 6

Poland

Answer 6

The red army watched the leaders of this country be crushed by the Nazis rather than helping them. The communists took control in 1944 and initially allowed non-communists but kicked them out in 1947

Question 7

Truman Doctrine 1947

Answer 7

Truman said he would provide military and political support for countries resisting communism
Primary focus was to prevent spread of communsim

Question 8

Marshall Plan 1948

Answer 8

Economic aid initiative to help rebuild war-torn Western European economies
The primary focus was economic recovery and development