marshall plan!!

Question 1

when was the marshall plan??

Answer 1

april 1948

Question 2

who created the marshall plan??

Answer 2

george marshall, but harry truman was president so he legislated it

Question 3

what was the marshall plan??

Answer 3

it was the european recovery program

Question 4

what was in the marshall plan??

Answer 4

george marshall put billions of dollars into rebuilding europe

Question 5

what was george marshall?

Answer 5

usa secretary of state

Question 6

what was the aims of the marshall plan?

Answer 6

-to aid economic recovery in europe in order to prevent people from turning communist
-to support the containment of communism within eastern europe
-to create a market for american goods in order to build up the american economy

Question 7

how much was divided between countries??

Answer 7

$13.15 billion among countries who were willing to accept aid

Question 8

what countries where offered aid??

Answer 8

all the countries in europe, east and west

Question 9

how was aid supplied??

Answer 9

in the form of money or resources

Question 10

what where the results of marshall aid??

Answer 10

-marshall aid was vital did the recovery of western europe. it allowed economies to be rebuilt and the standards of loving to rise
-the american economy also benefitted
-it demonstrated that the usa was committed to involvement in europe for the long term
-communism became less popular in western europe
-the division of east and west became even more firmly established, as stalin forbade counties behind the iron curtain from accepting aid