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Berlin Airlift and The Vital Center (Truman)

Berlin Airlift and The Vital Center (Truman). Nicolas Perry, Gretchen West. Berlin Airlift. Germany and Berlin was divided into 4 districts. Each controlled by one of the Allies.

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Berlin Airlift and The Vital Center (Truman)

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  1. Berlin Airlift and The Vital Center (Truman) Nicolas Perry, Gretchen West

  2. Berlin Airlift • Germany and Berlin was divided into 4 districts. Each controlled by one of the Allies. • The Soviets controlled the Eastern part of the divisions and the U.K, U.S, and France controlled the Western parts.

  3. Berlin Airlift • The United States enacted the Marshall Plan to provide resources to the destroyed land and economies of Europe. • The U.S.S.R refused aid from the U.S because they feared American influence. • After the Allies joined their partitions of Berlin together, the U.S.S.R set up a blockade to prevent Allied support to Western Berlin (June 24, 1948). • In response, the U.K and the U.S airlifted food and supplies into WestBerlin which rendered the blockade useless. • On May 12, 1949, the U.S.S.R lifted the blockade. • America began to be seen as a global power of democracy, and prosperity.

  4. The Vital Center in relation to Truman’s presidency • The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom is a book written by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. • States that we should have a democratic government with socialist/communist economic goals. • Truman wanted to continue Roosevelt's New Deal Program and his Economic Bill of Rights (Second Bill of Rights) • The Economic Bill of Rights incorporated socialist economic ideals (Free Healthcare, Free housing, etc.) • Truman’s Fair Deal reflected The Vital Center. • Truman’s 21 points displayed a democratic socialist society. • Legislation to ensure full employment • Increase government assistance in small businesses. • Free Health-Care

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