Cold War
What was the Berlin Airlift?
The massive evacuations of diplomats following the Soviet takeover of West Berlin
The aerial arrival of Soviet forces to capture the capital of Germany
The delivery of goods and necessities after a Soviet blockade of West Berlin
The evacuation of West German citizens following the construction of the Berlin Wall
The delivery of goods and necessities after a Soviet blockade of West Berlin
The Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift (26 June 1948 โ 30 September 1949) to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the city’s population. Aircrews from the United States Air Force, the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force flew over 200,000 flights in one year, providing to the West Berliners up to 8,893 tons of necessities each day, such as fuel and food. The Soviets did not disrupt the airlift for fear this might lead to open conflict.
The delivery of goods and necessities after a Soviet blockade of West Berlin The Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift (26 June 1948 โ 30 September 1949) to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the city’s population. Aircrews from the United States Air Force, the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force flew over 200,000 flights in one year, providing to the West Berliners up to 8,893 tons of necessities each day, such as fuel and food. The Soviets did not disrupt the airlift for fear this might lead to open conflict.
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B. Implementation of the “Domino Theory.”
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D. Reconstruction of Western Europe after World War Ii
George F. Kennan most strongly supported which policy?
A. Containment
B. Massive retaliation
C. Mutually assured destruction
D. Bans on nuclear testing
The Kitchen Debates of 1959 can best be described as
A. advertising strategies to attract Americans to purchase new home appliances
B. subcabinet-level policy discussions in the executive branch
C. discussions about American imperialism in Latin America
D. conversations between Nixon and Khrushchev concerning communism and capitalism
All of the following events contributed to Cold War tensions EXCEPT the
A. United States airlift of food to the citizens of Berlin
B. massive economic support for western Europe through the Marshall Plan.
C. rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate
D. United support of the Greek monarchy in 1947
The communist revolution in China was led by
A. Jiang Jieshi
B. Kim Il Sung
C. Ho Chi Minh
D. Mao Zedong
Which of the following contributed the MOST to the fall of the Soviet Union?
A. President Nixon’s policy of dรฉtente
B. the collapse of a flawed economic system
C. the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympics
D. the destruction of the Berlin Wall
George Kennan’s policy of containment was based on
A. a belief that the communists would win the Chinese civil war
B. an understanding with Britain regarding the post-World War II German government
C. a belief that the Soviet Union would try to expand the reach of communism
D. a need to decrease government spending in an effort to halt inflation
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