Stalin Initiated the Blockade of the City of West Berlin

question 12

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) try to starve the West Berliners into giving in to control by his government.
• D) keep western influence and West German currency out of the Soviet zone.
• E) try to get the Americans to give him control of all of Germany.

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Physiological Need

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Sleepiness

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