Author Question: Stalin became leader of the Soviet Union because ________. a. Lenin had handpicked him as ... (Read 54 times)

pragya sharda · **on:** Sep 4, 2018

Stalin became leader of the Soviet Union because ________.

a. Lenin had handpicked him as successor
b. he was viewed as the strongest on foreign policy by the Comintern
c. he hadn't been in the party and was seen as someone with new, beneficial ideas
d. he handpicked supporters during his time as general secretary and so had
more support than Trotsky
e. he killed Trotsky

Question 2

Stalin used Five-Year Plans to ________.

a. force industrialization in the 1930s
b. purge the Red Army of disloyal commanders
c. control all areas of the Soviet Union within the first five years of his rule
d. build up the military along the Sino-Soviet border
e. capture additional territories for the Soviet Union to expand