Roosevelt

Question 1

When was FDR president?

Answer 1

1932 until early 1945

Question 2

How was FDR Naive at the Yalta Conference (February 1945)? 4

Answer 2

Made too many concessions to the USSR over Poland And China
Duped by Stalin over free elections in Poland
Wrote off EE as a Soviet sphere of influence and therefore effectively encouraged Communist expansion
Afterwards, acknowledged that Stalin was already disregarding various arrangements made at Yaltas

Question 3

How was FDR shrewd at the Yalta Conference? 3

Answer 3

Flexible over Poland, Red Army had already occupied the country
Recognised that Western concessions to the SU were necessary to ensure that allies concluded the war in Europe together
His death removed the Western leader who might have succeeded in extending US-Soviet co-operation into the post-war period