What was the main goal of joseph stalin at the end of world war two?

a. to prevent the expansion of china into the southern soviet union
b. to spread communism all the way across europe
c. to prevent germany from gaining enough power to invade again and create a buffer between the soviet union and germany
d. to convert the soviet union to a capitalist style economy

B. To spread communism all the way across Europe

Explanation:

They use this plan call Expansion, basically expanding communism throughout the world, but the United States didn't like communism so they had a plan call Containment to stop communism to stop spreading. This is one of the cause of the Cold War.

the tariff was created to protect industry in the northern part of the united states. industries in the north were being driven out of business by imported goods that were priced at a low rate. the goal was to protect these industries   by taxing the goods.

c) troops march forward in close formation against newer, more accurate weapons