United States History Question of the Day


Checkpoint Charlie divided East and West Berlin
(Source:Wikimedia Commons--public domain)


Question 0100119:

 When the Soviets and East Germans blockaded  highway, river, and rail traffic into Berlin in 1948, the United States
     
    (A)    initiated the Marshall Plan
    (B)    built the Berlin Wall
    (C)    airlifted supplies into West Berlin
    (D)    allowed for Soviet control of Hungary in exchange for a promise of lifting the blockade
    (E)    refused to act


Answer and explanation