Question

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which statement describes a tactic joseph stalin used to intimidate and
punish his political opponents in the soviet union?

a. supporters of democracy were forced to move to western europe.
b. farmers who resisted collective farming were sent to forced labor
camps.
c. all members of the communist party were targeted for
assassination.
d. people with jewish heritage and religious beliefs were killed in gas
chambers.

Explanation:

• Option A: There was no such large - scale forced migration of democracy supporters to Western Europe as a common tactic against political opponents in the Soviet Union under Stalin.
• Option B: During Stalin's collectivization drive, farmers (kulaks) who resisted were often sent to forced - labor camps (gulags). This was a way to suppress opposition to his economic and political policies, which also had a political intimidation aspect as it showed the consequences of opposing the state - led agricultural transformation (a key part of Stalin's political - economic agenda).
• Option C: Not all members of the Communist Party were targeted for assassination. Stalin's purges within the party were more selective, targeting those he saw as threats to his power, not the entire membership.
• Option D: The killing of people with Jewish heritage in gas chambers was a Nazi (Germany) atrocity during the Holocaust, not a Soviet Union (Stalinist) tactic against political opponents.

Answer:

B. Farmers who resisted collective farming were sent to forced labor camps.