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DQ: The Marshall Plan

DQ: The Marshall Plan. What reasons did the United States have to invest over $12 billion dollars into the rebuilding of western Europe?. American Motives. Humanitarian concern Fear Europe would remain an economic drain on U.S. Need for a European market to buy American goods

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DQ: The Marshall Plan

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  1. DQ: The Marshall Plan • What reasons did the United States have to invest over $12 billion dollars into the rebuilding of western Europe?

  2. American Motives • Humanitarian concern • Fear Europe would remain an economic drain on U.S. • Need for a European market to buy American goods • Must ensure stable, democratic countries rise above communism

  3. Effects of the Marshal Plan (aka “European Recovery Plan”) The U.S. Europe U.S. rebuilt European cities and factories U.S. provided jobs and income to Europeans U.S. provided goods and services that Europeans could buy Europeans felt a sense of stability and security • Saved the U.S. economy from backsliding after the war • Allowed to remake the European economy in the image of the U.S. economy • Gave U.S. companies a place to invest

  4. Which nations received the least money? • Did the United States show favoritism by distributing funds only to its allies? Explain • Why was the Marshall Plan geographically, economically, and politically effective in containing communism?

  5. The Marshall Plan (1948) • Postwar Europe=poverty, hunger, and unemployment with a strong communist presence • U.S. needed a way to “contain” communism and preserve free gov’ts in Europe

  6. June 5, 1947--Sec. of State George Marshall devised the European Recovery Plan • Marshall Plan provided $12.5 billion for European recovery • Marshall Plan restored prosperity to Western Europe and ignited economic growth

  7. " Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos.” George Marshall

  8. In what ways would the Marshall Plan affect United States prosperity after WWII?

  9. Marshall Plan • U.K., West Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

  10. NATO • U.K., Canada, France, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

  11. ANZUS • Australia, New Zealand

  12. SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) • Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand

  13. METO (Middle East Treaty Org) • Iraq, Iran

  14. What was the impact of nuclear proliferation on the Cold War?

  15. Nuclear proliferation began with the Manhattan Project during WWII • The U.S. achieved the first nuclear explosion • the Soviet Union (1949) and Britain (1952) exploded their own nuclear weapons • Currently, there are 8 countries that belong to the “nuclear club”

  16. The Truman Doctrine Declared • What is one of the primary objectives of U.S. foreign policy? • What steps has the U.S. taken to ensure a world “free of coercion” • What are the two ways of life to choose from according to Truman? • What is Truman’s pledge to free peoples of the world?

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