Why did Russia allow the Germans to crush a rebellion in Warsaw in 1944?
A) to ensure a pro-Soviet postwar government in Poland
B) to rid Poland of the last vestiges of Nazism
C) to eradicate the Polish Jews
D) to save as many Polish lives as possible
E) to carry out promises Stalin had made to Churchill and Roosevelt
Answer: A
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A) It was approved by the Senate after President Carter personally traveled to Vienna to demonstrate United States support for arms control. B) US support for the treaty dissolved after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. C) Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev refused to sign it as a protest against a series of anti-Soviet measures that President Carter adopted. D) It was passed by the Senate and signed by President Carter, but President Reagan repealed it because it gave too much to the Evil Empire. E) It became the cornerstone for future U.S.-Soviet arms negotiations.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).