Marshall Plan - COLD WAR DOCUMENTARY

What advantages did the United States had after the end of WWII compared to the European countries?

• The U.S had a trained army ready to fight any war. 

• The U.S. had increased its industrial production to lead the world and didn't need to rebuild any of its' territory from the war. 

• The U.S. had the greatest agricultural production in the world. 

why did the Soviets forbade their Eastern European allies to receive US financial Aid?

• Stalin knew that it wouldn't be easy to pay back the US. 

• Stalin was afraid that the countries that receive the financial aid would fall into US imperial rule. 

• Stalin believed that any aid from the US would come with conditions to favor US capitalism. 

• Stalin was unsure of the actual amount of the financial aid, considering it insufficient. 

If you adjusted for inflation how much would the Marshall Plan investment be worth today?

• 50 Billion dollars

• 100 billion dollars

• 200 billion dollars

Why was the war on the European continent so destructive?

• Massive armies

• Targeted bombing of cities and infrastructure

• the dropping of atomic bombs during the war.

What truly ended the Great Depression of the 1930's in the US

• FDR's New Deal

• The Great Society programs

• the revamped production for WWII

So in essence the US and Soviet plans for Germany were?

• The USSR wanted to  reunite/rebuild, and the US wanted to punish Germany

• Both nations wanted to allow the Nazis to remain in power 

• The US wanted to rebuild/ reunite, and the USSR wanted to punish Germany

A description of the Soviet reaction to the Marshall Plan would be?

• welcoming

• enthusiastic

• non-excepting 

The first money to the areas of Greece & Turkey were part of 

• The Berlin Airlift

• Funding for NATO

• The Truman Doctrine

A description of Keynesian Economic theory would be?

• the government not interfering in the economy

• the government spending money in an effort to stimulate and grow the economy