1 / 23

The Marshall Plan

The Marshall Plan. Cold War policy. Power point by Robert L. Martinez Primary Content Source: All the People, Joy Hakim Images as cited. http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/upload/thumb/9/98/300px-Stamp-us-marshall-plan.jpg.

alana-carlson
Download Presentation

The Marshall Plan

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Marshall Plan Cold War policy Power point by Robert L. Martinez Primary Content Source: All the People, Joy Hakim Images as cited. http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/upload/thumb/9/98/300px-Stamp-us-marshall-plan.jpg

  2. On the president’s desk read a sign, “The Buck Stops Here.” Which means, the president has the final word and can’t blame anyone else for his decisions. http://www.affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/Truman_Buck_stops_here_small.jpg

  3. In one of the most important of is decisions, Harry S. Truman persuaded the American people to act generously on behalf of the defeated nations in Europe. http://portrait.kaar.at/USA%202/image35.html

  4. He knew how defeated people feel after a war. He knew that Germany’s anger after WWI had helped bring about a second world war. http://library.thinkquest.org/C005121/data/Germany_files/image007.jpg

  5. So he supported a plan that would send billions of dollars in aid and assistance to our allies and to our former enemies. It was called the Marshall Plan. http://www.freonfilm.com/blog/wp-content/Marshall_Plan_poster.jpg

  6. The Marshall Plan was named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who introduced the idea. Marshall was the U.S. Army’s chief of staff during WWII. http://www.ww2-airborne.us/images/george_c_marshall5.jpg

  7. Marshall believed that if America helped out the European countries, they would be less likely to fall to communism during this Cold War. It worked. http://www.baltlantis.com/?id=27104

  8. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/aa/marshall/aa_marshall_mplan_1_e.jpghttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/aa/marshall/aa_marshall_mplan_1_e.jpg

  9. “You can’t be vindictive after a war. You have to be generous. You have to help people get back on their feet…People were starving , and they were cold because there wasn’t enough coal…” President Harry S. Truman Speaking with General Dwight Eisenhower. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bravo213/2944665972/

  10. “There had been food riots in France and Italy…We were in a position to keep people from starving and help them preserve freedom and build up their countries, and that’s what we did.” – President Truman Food Riots In France http://www.historynyc.com/products.asp?cat=24

  11. Marshall Plan aid was offered to all of Europe’s nations, including the Soviet Union and those countries under Soviet control. http://www.a525g.com/histoire/plan-marshall.php

  12. The Soviet nations refused the aid. Sixteen nations accepted with enthusiasm. The plan encouraged Europeans to use American materials and services (good for U.S. economy.) http://vho.org/tr/2004/2/Bassler123-126.html

  13. U.S. money rebuilt steel mills in Belgium, ceramics factories in France, railroads in Germany, and bridges and buildings in a whole lot of places. http://www.virtualstampclub.com/images/marshger.jpg

  14. Prosperity began returning to the free nations of Europe. Those newly prosperous European nations now had money to buy American goods. http://www.a525g.com/histoire/plan-marshall.php http://www.flickr.com/photos/sstop/135980667/

  15. In East Asia, General Douglas MacArthur was sent to defeated Japan as head of an occupation army to bring democracy, freedom, and prosperity to that nation. http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/Archive/images/loc.gov_douglas_macarthur_23july02_150_se.jpg

  16. The U.S. poured aid into Japan – food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies. Ancient temples and museums were restored. No nation had ever done that kind of thing for a defeated foe. General MacArthur and Japanese Emperor Hirohito www.mutantfrog.com

  17. In addition, President Truman decided it was time to do something about civil rights for all citizens. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0902001r.jpg

  18. The army, navy, and air force were all segregated. Blacks and whites served in separate units. Blacks got the worst jobs. That wasn’t fair. http://www.speaker.gov/img/tuskegee.jpg

  19. In Mississippi, when some black soldiers returned home, they were dumped from army trucks and then beaten. http://www.ashp.cuny.edu/video/images/up10-11_vet.jpg

  20. In Georgia, a black man was shot and killed because he had voted. When Truman heard of those outrages he was horrified. http://www.ssaa.org.au/stories/hunting/shotguns-and-rabbits_3.jpg

  21. Truman sent proposals to Congress to stop lynchings, to outlaw the poll tax that kept some people (mostly blacks) from voting, and to end segregation in the armed services. http://www.naacpldf.org/images/content/black_woman_voting.jpg

  22. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlynching.jpg

  23. Truman’s 1947 speech denouncing racial discrimination and pledging to fight it was the first ever made by a president to the NAACP. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/73-2561.jpg

More Related