Week 4 quiz-USSR movements

Question 1

What did Stalin start to do after WW2?

Answer 1

Turn European countries into satellite states, which acted as buffer zones.

Question 2

What did the USSR support in Czachoslovakia?

Answer 2

USSR supported a coup in Feb 1948, and a communist government was formed under Gottwald.

Question 3

what happened in 1944?

Answer 3

The Poles staged a rebellion against Germany called the Warsaw Uprising. USSR promised support.

Question 4

How did the USSR take over Poland?

Answer 4

By waiting until the Poles and Germans were weakened from the uprising.

Question 5

What were the Hungarians intimidated by?

Answer 5

USSR agents, which resulted in a communist government being put in place.

Question 6

What did the creation of the satellite states lead Truman to do?

Answer 6

Create the policy of “Containment” under Truman