marshall plan

Question 1

in june 1947, how much money did marshall plan promise in aid to european countries to rebuild europe?

Answer 1

$17 billion dollars

Question 2

what did general marshall believe tackling poverty in europe would do?

Answer 2

he believed it would make it harder to spread communism

Question 3

what did the ussr believe usa was trying to do with marshall aid?

Answer 3

lure eastern europe away from communism

Question 4

in jan 1949, how did ussr react to marshall aid?

Answer 4

ussr created comecon

Question 5

what did comecon do?

Answer 5

placed industry and agriculture under state control, and offered satellite states economic aid as an alternative to marshall aid

Question 6

what did stalin hope marshall aid would do?

Answer 6

encourage economic development in eastern europe and discourage trade with us

Question 7

marshall aid was america’s attempt at what?

Answer 7

buying loyalty of eastern europe