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1
What was the reason behind the Berlin Blockade?
They wanted to prevent East Berliners from escaping to the West
They wanted to drain West Berlin of resources and force them out
The Berlin Blockade was a hoax
The Soviets wanted to keep West Berliners from entering East Berlin
2
What excuse did the USSR make for building the Berlin Wall?
They wanted to keep communism inside of East Berlin
They wanted to contain Capitalism and prevent it from spreading into East
They wanted to build a big beautiful wall and make the US pay for it
They wanted to prevent the East Berliners from escaping
3
The Checkpoint Charlie Standoff saw 10 US an 10 Soviet Tanks point at eachother for 16 hours.
False
True
4
The Berlin Airlift was a failure
False
True
5
Why didn't Stalin want Eastern countries to take money from the Marshall Plan?
To prevent them from getting richer than the USSR
Related answer.
To prevent the US from influencing their ideologies and systems
To flex muscle vs the US
6
What was the Marshall Plan?
The plan to stop the spread of communism
The plan to fund NASA
A US plan to give any European country money to rebuild
The plan to step in Vietnam and stop the North Vietnamese Army
7
Why was the Berlin Wall actually built?
To stop the spread of capitalism
To show power to the West
To stop East Berliners from escaping to West Berlin
To keep the Nazis out of the East
8
What were the goals of NATO?
An economic organization to spread capitalism
To invade the USSR
To act as an international peacekeeping force
To prevent an invasion from the USSR
9
What Military Alliance does the US form with its Allies?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NAFTA