Key Events
US operation of supplying food, clothes, and other goods to West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Describe the Cold War in one sentence.
What is an ideological conflict between the Soviet Union (communism) and the US (capitalism)?
East Germany was part of the Warsaw Pact while West Germany was part of ____.
What is NATO?
West Germany's economic standing in the world
What is the third-largest?
Reason why Berlin Wall was put up
What is to try and stop people from migrating to West Berlin from East Berlin?
Soviet leader who ordered Berlin Wall to be put up
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
Year the Cold War ended
What is 1991?
Massive items that were airlifted to West Berlin
What are Volkswagen cars?
Percent of East German population that had fled by August 1961
What is eleven months?
US President who oversaw creation of NATO
Who was Harry S. Truman?
Name one proxy war fought during the Cold War.
What is the Vietnam War/Korean War/German conflict?
Leader who coined the term "the iron curtain"
Who was Winston Churchill?
The approximate number of secret police in East Germany
What is 90,000?
Year Berlin Wall went up
What is 1961?
Last leader of Soviet Union
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
One of the first US international policies during the Cold War
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Name one creative way people tried to escape East Berlin.
What is flying in a hot air balloon, pretending to be mourning to crawl through a graveyard tunnel, jumping from buildings, swimming across a canal, escaping over a clothesline, and/or attempting to climb the wall?
Amount of watchtowers on the Berlin Wall
What is 302?
Conference that divided Germany into four zones
What was the Potsdam Conference?
US president who visited West Berlin and gave a famous speech about hope
Who was John F. Kennedy?
Name one US national security body created during the Cold War.
What is the Atomic Energy Commission, National Security Council, and/or Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
Length Truman served as FDR's vice president
What is 82 days?
Number of people who died trying to escape over the Berlin Wall
What is 244?