Question

containment mini-q
ackground essay questions
what happened at the elbe river in april 1945?
the soviet union and the united states believed in two very different economic systems. what were the names of each?
. the soviet union had a total of two leaders between the early 1920s and the early 1950s. what were their names?

Explanation:

1. The Elbe River meeting was a WWII milestone where Allied forces linked up, splitting Germany.
2. The U.S. and USSR had opposing core economic systems of the Cold War era.
3. These two leaders led the USSR through its early Soviet and WWII/Cold War early years.

Answer:

1. In April 1945, American and Soviet troops met at the Elbe River, effectively splitting Nazi Germany in two, a key milestone in the final stages of World War II.
2. The United States supported capitalism (a market-based, private property-focused economic system), while the Soviet Union supported communism (a centrally planned, state-owned economic system).
3. The two leaders of the Soviet Union between the early 1920s and early 1950s were Vladimir Lenin (led until 1924) and Joseph Stalin (led from the mid-1920s until 1953).