The Berlin Airlift could be called the first battle of the Cold War. It was when western countries delivered much needed food and supplies to the city of Berlin through the air because all other routes were blocked by the Soviet Union.
They interpreted it so that people are allowed to have weapons even if they're not associated to a militia or the army or the police force and can use them for self defense. The legislation that prohibited people from having weapons or that forced them to keep them unloaded and in pieces was determined to be unconstitutional and people were allowed to have weapons if they wanted to have them.
The "Roosevelt coalition" or the "new deal coalition" is an alignment of different groups that from 1932 until the late 1960s voted for the Democratic party candidates and supported the New Deal. The Labor unions got more leverage in negotiating and more protection, The South, mostly farmers, got electricity and water while farmers in general were guaranteed basic level income by certain programs. The poor got new government jobs and income bonuses. All of them benefited from the revitalized economy that came from the New Deal.
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