Document 6: The Marshall Plan
After World War Two, much of Europe was in ruins. On top of the destruction of the war, Europe experienced a series of unusually cold, harsh winters, high unemployment, a lack of food, and economic upheaval.
In 1947 U.S. secretary of state George Marshall proposed a plan to rebuild European economies by providing $13 billion in food, machines, and money to any European country that needed it. For those countries that accepted the aid, the plan was very successful. Below is a chart of the aid received by European countries through the Marshall Plan
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Which countries received the most aid from the U.S.? Which countries received the least? How much did they receive?
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Were any communist countries aided by the Marshall Plan? If so, which one(s) and how much aid did they receive?
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Does the Marshall Plan support the Truman Doctrine? If so, how?
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