Because Truman was very anti-communist and found it hard to agree with Stalin
His death was followed by a day of national mourning
Roosevelt frequently clashed with Stalin at the Yalta conference and could not agree with him
7. Who was at the Yalta conference?
Attlee, Truman and Stalin
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
Attlee, Roosevelt and Stalin
8. At Yalta it was agreed that once Germany had been defeated, the USSR would help...
defeat Japan
rebuild Germany
rebuild the eastern European nations destroyed by the war
9. What was the status of Germany at the time of the Yalta conference?
Germany was not yet defeated
Germany had been defeated
Hitler had just recently committed suicide
10. At Potsdam why was Stalin angry that Truman dropped the two atomic bombs on Japan?
Stalin's Soviet troops were already fighting the Japanese in Japan
He was angry that Truman had the bomb and hadn't told him
He believed it was inhumane
11. When was the Potsdam conference?
July 1945
November 1945
February 1945
12. At Yalta, it was agreed a government of 'national unity' would be set up in Poland comprising of communists and non communists. Why, at Potsdam, was Truman angry at Stalin?
He prevented the government of 'national unity' being set up
He had arrested the non-communist leaders in Poland
He had murdered all the non-communists in Poland
13. What was agreed about Germany in the Yalta conference?
Germany would be split into four zones
Germany would be split into three zones
Germany would be split into two zones
14. It was agreed Germany would pay reparations, why were there disagreements about this at Potsdam?
Attlee and Truman thought Stalin wanted too much in reparations
Stalin thought Attlee and Truman wanted too much in reparations
Truman wanted USA to receive the most in reparations to cover military expenses
