Answer: I think it might be D
Explanation: the economy was in a massive convulsion, with mass unemployment, food shortages, strikes.
A major reason why the Soviet Union did actually create satellite states following World War II in Eastern Europe was because they wanted to create a buffer zone against future invasions (2).
The correct answer therefore is 2.
They did this because they actually thought that war with the West was possible. For that reason, having buffer states between themselves and between a possible Western invasion, would help them in their cause.
The Cuban missile crisis proves that the ' cooler heads prevailed' as the conflict did not escalate.
Explanation:
The Cuban missile crisis was the closest that the world ever got to a full blown world war with nuclear weapons and it was the heads that were cool and composed during these times of frenzy that saved the two nations.
By the end of the crisis it was understood that both sides did not want the conflict and would rely on the doctrine of mutually assured destruction to not escalate future conflicts.
Thus the end shows that in fact cooler heads prevailed in this time.
Answer: On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. Of 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned, including 128 Americans.
Answer: The English remained in western forts; American sailors were being pressed into service aboard British ships.
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