USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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This country was divided after World War II

(A) ** Germany

(B) Russia

(C) Japan

(D) Italy

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -In 1949, Germany formally split into two independent nations: the Federal Republic of Germany (FDR or West Germany), allied to the Western democracies, and the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany), allied to the Soviet Union.

Concept note-2: -After the Potsdam conference, Germany was divided into four occupied zones: Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the United States in the south and the Soviet Union in the east.

Concept note-3: -Later that same year, France officially merged its occupied territory with Bizonia, creating the Federal Republic of Germany, or what became known as West Germany. In October of 1949, the Soviet Union responded with the establishment of the German Democratic Republic, a Communist state known as East Germany.

Concept note-4: -Europe After World War II. Russia and some other countries were also in ruins after the war. Germany was partitioned (divided) soon after World War II ended into two separate parts: West Germany and East Germany.