Berlin airlift: Goes along with Class Activity

2. Allied Part
United States
Great Britain
France
Other Part
Soviet Union

3. The Soviet Union
attempted to control
all of Berlin by cutting
off surface traffic to
and from the city of
West Berlin.

4. About a year.
Started June 1948 ended
May 1949, but U.S. kept the
airlift going until
September.

5. The possible loss of their
freedom if they identified
too closely with the western
powers and the western
powers decided to pull out.

6. Lack of sufficient electrical
power sources, strict
rationing for homes,
factories, offices, and
transportation services.

7. The United Nations

8. The
Marshall
Plan

9. He identified Western
Europe as the region in
which the battle
against communism
must be fought and
won.

10. He suggested that if the United States
permitted Western Europe to remain
economically weak and hence,
vulnerable to Communist takeover,
Americans could lost the most
meaningful aspect of their lives- their
economic political, and social
freedom.

11. The Marshall Plan was essential to preserving
democracy in the United States.
or
The Marshall Plan reflected the U.S. ambitions
for dominance and anticipating the cold war
with the Soviet Union.