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Winning the War in Europe

Question 7 • MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026

Why might President Harry Truman have felt that the United States had been betrayed by the Soviet Union after World War II?

Answer
A
The Soviet Union insisted on increasing the size of Poland.
B
The Soviet Union participated in dividing Germany into four zones.
C
The Soviet Union called for the creation of the new country of Yugoslavia.
D
The Soviet Union refused to give up control of conquered Eastern European lands.

Explanation

At the end of World War II, the United States expected the Soviet Union to allow countries in Eastern Europe that it had occupied to choose their own governments. Instead, the Soviets kept control and established communist governments friendly to Moscow. This made Truman feel that the Soviet Union had broken its promises and betrayed the wartime alliance. The correct choice is D, that the Soviet Union refused to give up control of conquered Eastern European lands.

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