Berlin Airlift Lesson

Open Ended

Why was Berlin so important to the Western powers and the USSR? What were they really fighting over?

Multiple Choice

Even though the Marshall Plan helped economically rebuild war torn Europe it also help __________ economically.

• Russia

• The United States

• Japan

• Poland

Multiple Choice

What set off the Berlin Crisis?

• The Bizonia -introduction of a new kind of money

• Stalin was paranoid

• Stalin wanted the Marshall Plan $$$

• It showed the Iron Curtain could be broken

Multiple Choice

How did Stalin cut off the Western powers from Berlin?

• He would not issue passprts to enter Berlin

• He built a large wall around Berlin

• He blocked all routes by rail and road

• He set up a military line of soldiers on the border

Multiple Choice

What was happening to the people in West Berlin?

• They were turning to communism

• They were starving and freezing

• They just ordered supplies through Amazon

• The survived on left over war rations

Multiple Choice

What did Truman opt to do about the situation in Berlin

• threaten to use an atomic bomb

• start diplomatic talks with the USSR

• Organize a massive relief effort supported by aircraft

• cutoff Germany's exports

Open Ended

Why would it be a problem if Stalin fired at the relief planes?

Multiple Choice

What did the US have that no other country did at this time? 

• the atomic bomb

• a healthy economy

• spies inside East Germany

• fighter jets capable of flying over the ocean

Multiple Choice

NATO was a military and economic alliance between...

• communist countries

• democratic and capitalist countries

Multiple Choice

The Warsaw pack was a military alliance and economic agreement between

• USSR and the countries controlled by the USSR

• democratic and capitalist Western powers

Open Ended

Was the wall effective at keeping East Berliners inside communist Germany? Explain

Poll

Do you think the wall was a good compromise?

• Yes

• No