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Directions: Use the reading above to answer the following questions:

1. What 3 major Allied powers met in Yalta to discuss what to do with Germany after its defeat in WWII?

2. Besides endorsing the Atlantic Charter, what two things did the leaders who met at Yalta decide?

a. Germany would _____________________________________________________________________________

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b. The Soviet Union would _____________________________________________________________________

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3. How many zones was Germany divided into and what countries occupied (controlled) each zone?

4. Although the Soviet Union agreed to hold democratic (free) elections in Eastern Europe, did they honor their agreement? Instead of recognizing Democratic government, what kind of governments did the Soviet Union recognize in Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia? ________________________________

5. What did the Truman Doctrine intend (try to do)?

6. What did President Truman fear might happen if people in Western Europe if countries fell into a economic

depression and became desperate?

7. What did the Marshall Plan do and did it work?