Which statement best describes the connection between World War II and the spread of communism in Europe? A B C D A. After World War II, the Soviet Union attacked its European allies and replaced their governments with a communist one.
B. The Soviet Union pushed westward against the Germans, occupied the nations it passed through, and installed communist governments.
C. The economies of Eastern Europe were devastated by the war, and they believed that a shift to communism would result in a fair distribution of wealth.
D. The Soviet Union demonstrated great strength in helping to defeat Germany, and some countries attributed that strength to communism and changed their governments.

B

Explanation:

During and after WW2, the Soviets steamrolled through Eastern Europe and onto Berlin which led to post-war Eastern Europe being occupied by the USSR which led them to install communist governments that became essentially sattelite states to the Soviet Union.

some american cities felt workers were being oppressed by business monopolies

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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