Why did the Soviet Union begin the Berlin Blockade? to pressure the Allies to withdraw from West Berlin
to prevent the United States from distributing Marshall Plan funds

Explanation:

Berlin blockade, international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union, in 1948–49, to force the Western Allied powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin.

what are two things that greatly the american economy after the war? the huge buildup of u.s. military the beginning of the korean conflict the creation of the gi bill the marshall plan for nations