4x Click and drag each answer choice to its correct place in the passage. One of the earliest "hot spots" in the Cold War was in the European city of Berlin. After World War II, the city was divided between the United States, Soviet Union, France, and square From 1948 to 1949 the city was blockaded by the Soviets, leading to the square in which the US and its allies provided their areas with food and supplies to outlast the blockade. Their efforts were successful. But in August of 1961 communist forces constructed the square that encircled the western US-influenced part of the city. It would become THE symbol of the Cold War in Europe until November of 1989. The Caribbean also was an important Cold War hot spot. In April of 1961, the United States launched the square invasion. Over 1,400 Cuban exiles attempted to overthrow the Communist government, led by square but were unsuccessful. In October of the following year,the square iled to a showdown between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Nuclear war was narrowly averted when the Soviets withdrew their nuclear weapons from Cuba. From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, the United States also attempted to prevent the spread of Communism square Northern forces led by square attempted to unify the southern part of the country under a communist government.The United States efforts-including over 500,000 troops