Cold War: Containment MHS

This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?

• To provide supplies to a blockaded city

• To enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city

• To deploy substantial invasion forces

• To rescue thousands of stranded political refugees

As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to-

• bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict

• transport Polish refugees to safety

• prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing

• intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power

Which statement correctly completes this timeline?

• The Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sectors.

• The United States and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin.

• German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany.

• The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe.

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.

• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries

• Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.

• The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.

Which action best explains the differences shown in these photographs?

• The United States gave economic assistance through the Marshall Plan

• The United States and the Soviet Union created an alliance after World War II.

• U.S. leaders created the United Nations.

• The Soviet Union established the "Iron Curtain" after World War II.

U.S. flew planes over the Soviet blockade of Berlin to get supplies to West Berlin without military conflict.

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Korean War

• Arms Race

U.S. provided financial assistance to Western European Countries to rebuild after WWII.

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Arms Race

• Monroe Doctrine