Major Events in the Cold War

· ___?___
· Soviet launch of Sputnik
· Berlin Wall Constructed
· Cuban Missile Crisis
According to this timeline, which event below should go in the blank provided?
A) U-2 incident
B) Berlin Blockade
C) "Prague Spring"
D) Polish "Solidarity Movement" begins

Berlin Airlift

Explanation:

In June 1948 the U.S. and Britain announced a proposal for establishing a new currency, the Deutschmark, into West Berlin. This immediately caused economic chaos in the Soviet Union as people frantically struggled to adjust to the new system of currency.  The Soviets responded on June 24 by cutting off all road, rail and canal links between West Germany and West Berlin. This was the start of the Berlin Blockade.  Stalin was attempting to get western influence out of his West Berlin.  He managed to cut off all of the land and water routes however the air was still available.  This began the Berlin Air Lift.  During the eleven months of the Berlin Airlift, U.S. and British planes supplied West Berlin with 1.5 million tons of supplies, a plane landing every three minutes, day and night.  The U.S. and British gave the people of West Berlin food, medical supplies and all sorts of other goods.  In the eyes of the rest of the world this made the U.S. look like heroes.  It made Stalin look like a terrible leader.  On May 12, 1949, Stalin, knowing he couldn’t risk shooting down the planes and realizing the PR disaster he’d caused, lifted the blockade.  The whole experience was very embarrassing for the Soviet Union and was considered a win for the U.S. and its allies.  This was very important to the Cold War because in a cold war where there is no direct fighting, it is things like this that decide who wins and who loses.  This was a huge win for the U.S. and put many countries on our side.

hr2520 is the patient's act. there is required the secretary of health to summon a committee to develop a national strategic plan of prevention. this committee has forth provisions that make possible for the govern entities to acquire private health insurance services.

is easier to keep this hr2520 as federal, because that way the secretary of health has centralized power to deal with private insurance companies and the federas government has more ways and power to negotiate with them, than doing this process state by state in their specific terms.