Stalin opted against allowing democratic elections in Poland, despite President Roosevelt’s appeal for them during a 1943 meeting because __________
a. the Soviet leader decided after the war that his country badly needed to have more influence in Eastern Europe
b. communist ideology suggested that a capitalist crisis would lead to American decline soon anyway.
c. Roosevelt had appealed to him about the Polish issue in the context of upcoming American elections, wrongly presuming that the Soviet leader understood U.S. domestic politics.
d. Stalin knew that Communist ideology was not enough to motivate his citizens anymore, and that he needed to make an enemy of the U.S.
Answer: C
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