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What initial pact was made between Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler in 1939?
What initial pact was made between Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler in 1939?
- Trade agreement
- Nonaggression pact (correct)
- Military alliance
- Territorial expansion treaty
What event created an alliance between the United States and the USSR during World War II?
What event created an alliance between the United States and the USSR during World War II?
- Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor (correct)
- The Battle of Stalingrad
- Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union
- Italy's invasion of the USSR
What transformed both the United States and the USSR into formidable world powers?
What transformed both the United States and the USSR into formidable world powers?
- World War II (correct)
- World War I
- The Cold War
- The Bolshevik Revolution
What sparked an era of espionage, wars over the spread of communism, and a build-up of nuclear arms?
What sparked an era of espionage, wars over the spread of communism, and a build-up of nuclear arms?
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What event complicated President Roosevelt's hope for a lasting peace in the postwar world order?
What event complicated President Roosevelt's hope for a lasting peace in the postwar world order?
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World War II and the Emergence of Superpowers
- The initial pact made between Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler in 1939 was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression agreement.
World War II Alliances
- The event that created an alliance between the United States and the USSR during World War II was the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, known as Operation Barbarossa.
Rise of Superpowers
- It was World War II that transformed both the United States and the USSR into formidable world powers.
Cold War Era
- The event that sparked an era of espionage, wars over the spread of communism, and a build-up of nuclear arms was the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, marking the beginning of the Cold War.
Post-War World Order
- The event that complicated President Roosevelt's hope for a lasting peace in the postwar world order was the Yalta Conference in 1945, which sparked fears of Soviet expansion and led to the Cold War.
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