Consequences of the Berlin crisis

Question 1

Short-term US Soviet relations

Answer 1

Aggression between both sides
USSR patrolling the border angered USA
USA station the tanks on the border in a stand-off
relations very poor and aggressive however an agreement was made and actual warfare was avoided

Question 2

Long-term US and Soviet relations

Answer 2

Kennedy couldn’t stop the wall being built therefore lost influence in Europe
USA use the wall as a propaganda stunt a symbol of Soviet oppression
JFK visited Berlin I am a Berliner


Question 3

Impact on Germans

Answer 3

Cause Familys To be split apart
People climb the wall to see each other
JFK did nothing about it
People were shot or arrested

Question 4

What did I am a Berliner make Kennedy look like

Answer 4

A symbol of peace for those in Berlin