Who attended the Yalta Conference in January 1945, and what was agreed regarding Germany?

• A. Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt; Germany and Berlin divided into four zones.
• B. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill; Germany paid no reparations.
• C. Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-shek; Eastern Europe boundaries redrawn.
• D. Truman, Stalin, and Roosevelt; Germany would be unified.

Answer: (A)

The big idea here is how the wartime allies planned the end of Nazi Germany. At Yalta, the leaders present were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. They agreed that Germany would be divided into four zones of occupation, each overseen by one of the Allies, and that Berlin would be split into four sectors as well. This set up the framework for postwar administration and cooperation among the Allies.

This is why the first option fits: it names the three leaders who attended and correctly states the Germany plan they agreed on. The other options are off because they either name leaders who weren’t there or describe outcomes that weren’t part of the agreed Germany arrangement at Yalta.