USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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What was one goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference in 1945?

(A) ** to convince the Soviet Union to assist in the war in the Pacific

(B) to encourage the Soviet Union to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(C) to divide Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union

(D) to negotiate a nuclear weapons treaty with the Soviet Union

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Roosevelt’s goals included consensus on establishment of the United Nations and gaining Soviet agreement to enter the war against Japan once Hitler had been defeated. None of them left Yalta completely satisfied.

Concept note-2: -At Yalta, the Big Three agreed that after Germany’s unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post-war occupation zones, controlled by U.S., British, French and Soviet military forces. The city of Berlin would also be divided into similar occupation zones.

Concept note-3: -The Yalta Conference ended in a compromise. Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to Stalin’s demands regarding Poland and the United Nations. Stalin, in return, agreed to hold elections in Poland so its people could choose their own government. He also agreed to declare war against Japan shortly after the German surrender.

Concept note-4: -Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union-which met at Yalta in Crimea to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.