Stalin Initiated the Blockade of the City of West Berlin

question 61

Multiple Choice

Stalin initiated the blockade of the city of West Berlin in order to:

• A)keep West Berliners from visiting the Soviet portion of the city.
• B)keep people in the Soviet section from fleeing the country.
• C)force the West Berliners to accept the authority of the Soviet Union.
• D)keep Western influence and West German currency out of the Soviet zone.
• E)force the Americans to give him control of all of Germany.

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