The key agreements at the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin Yalta Conference of 1945 can be portrayed as
A. a series of compromises and U.S. concessions, relying on Soviet cooperation for fulfillment.
B. a sellout and betrayal of American ideals and interests by a naive and ill President Roosevelt.
C. a one-sided diplomatic victory for the Americans-until the Soviets broke their pledges.
D. a diplomatic stalemate: There was no agreement, because the U.S. sought maximum territorial control and the Soviets wanted a new collective security organization.
Answer: A
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a. the southern system of sharecropping was declared illegal. b. Latinos had replaced blacks in the workforce. c. mechanical cotton pickers came into use. d. northern cities repealed segregation laws. e. All of these choices are correct.
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