marshal plan - 1948

what exactly was the Marshall plan? (not a name)

massive us aid program launched to help rebuild Western Europe

when was the Marshall plan

1948

what's another name for the Marshall plan

European Recovery Program

What recent event caused Europe to be in bad shape

Ww2

what was the goal of the Marshall plan

To rebuild the shattered economies of Western Europe after WW2 and stop the spread of communism

where does communism like to spread

poverty

how can we know where communism prefer to spread?

looking at where communism exist and where the US worries it might go

what was Europe like? describe what was destroyed

cities were bombed

what was Europe like? what was eating like

shortages of food

what was Europe like

vunerable, poor, hopeless, awful, broke down

who came up with the Marshall plan

George C. Marshall

How much a was given with the Marshall plan

13 billion

where did the money from the Marshall plan go

16 Western European nations

How much money did the 16 Western European nations get?

13 billion bucks

What type of stuff did the US give in the Marshall plan aid

money

What did countries have to agree to to keep the money

They had to agree to cooperate economically to stay open to capitalism

which countries got aid?

West Germany

Why didn't all 16 countries get aid

Stalin didn't want them to have it so he made them refuse it

Why did Stalin didn't allow them to have aid

Because he knew accepting it would mean open up the economies to capitalism

What was the benefits of the Marshall plan

It helped Europe rebuild quickly and painted us as a savior instead of a superpower

What did Stalin call the Marshall plan?

He called it economic imperialism and he accused the US of trying to buy influence

What was stallin response to the plan

He tied and control over the Eastern block

What is the Eastern bloc

the countries of Eastern Europe that fell under the dominance of the soviet union