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Which statement about the Marshall Plan is most accurate?
It was used to finance rearmament after World War II
It was denied to all former World War II enemies
It was used to rebuild European nations after World War II
It was given to all African and Asian allies during the Cold War
What was one result of World War II?
The arms race ended
The Cold War ended
Communism was eliminated
Two superpowers emerged
The immediate cause of United States entry into World War II was that the United States
had to fulfill its collective security agreements with Western Europeans nations
felt it necessary to defend the principle of freedom of the seas
suffered a direct military attack
was ready to use its superior military and atomic capabilities
Prior to the start of World War II, Great Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement when they
rejected an alliance with the Soviet Union
allowed Germany to expand its territory
signed the agreements at the Yalta Conference
opposed United States efforts to rearm
President Harry Truman justified using atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 on the grounds that the
world was ready for a demonstration of nuclear power
Axis powers deserved total destruction
early ending of the war would saw many lives
American public demanded that the bombs be used
One reason the Nuremberg trials following World War II were held was to
bring Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo to justice
force Japan to pay for the attack on Pearl Harbor
make German leaders accountable for the Holocaust
punish the German government for bombing England
In the 1930s, a main reason for the failure of peace in Europe was that
Great Britain and France sought to revise the Treaty of Versailles
the United Nations was not supported by its member nations
the Soviet Union was spreading communism into Africa and Asia
Germany was seeking to dominate the European continent
