Cold War Alliances 1
This military alliance was formed in 1949 to counter the threat of Soviet expansion in Europe.
NATO
The Berlin Airlift began in 1948 after this country blocked all land access to West Berlin.
Soviet Union
This Cold War alliance included democratic nations committed to collective defense under Article 5.
NATO
The Berlin Airlift began after this German city was divided into zones controlled by the Allies.
Berlin
This is the longest river in the United States, flowing through 10 states from Minnesota to Louisiana.
Mississippi River
This alliance was the Soviet Union's response to NATO, formed in 1955.
Warsaw Pact
The U.S. and its allies used this method to supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade.
Airlift
This country left NATO’s military command in 1966 under Charles de Gaulle but remained a political member.
France
The British and American forces dropped over 2 million of these into Berlin during the airlift
Supplies
This U.S. president signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which declared all slaves in Confederate states to be free
Abraham Lincoln
Countries like the U.S., U.K., France, and West Germany were part of this Cold War alliance.
NATO
The Berlin Airlift lasted for approximately this many months.
15 months
his neutral country in Europe refused to join either NATO or the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War.
Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Austria
Children in Berlin nicknamed U.S. pilot Gail Halvorsen this because he dropped candy from his plane
Candy Bomber
This document, ratified in 1787, established the framework for the U.S. government and is still in use today.
U.S. Constitution
This country was a founding member of the Warsaw Pact and later split into two nations in 1993.
Czechoslovakia?
This U.S. President ordered the airlift to support West Berlin.
President Harry S. Truman
Though officially non-aligned, this Asian nation received military aid from both the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
India
This general, who later became a U.S. president, was in charge of overseeing the Berlin Airlift operations.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This event, held in Philadelphia in 1776, led to the formal declaration of the United States' independence from Britain.
Second Continental Congress
This continent had the most Non-Aligned countries during the Cold War.
Africa
At its peak, planes were landing in West Berlin as often as once every?
30 seconds
Define the phrase "iron curtain"
The imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence
The Soviet blockade of Berlin officially ended in this month and year.
May 1949
In 1954, this landmark Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional, leading to the desegregation of schools.
Brown v. Board of Education