24. THE OPENING OF THE COLD WAR, 1945

Quiz for Comparative Analysis The Marshall Plan and the Soviet Union

Quiz for Comparative Analysis: The Marshall Plan and the Soviet Union

Document 24.2: George C. Marshall, The Marshall Plan, 1947

Document 24.3: Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Objections to the Marshall Plan, 1947

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 24.6

1. On what grounds did George C. Marshall justify the United States providing economic aid to Europe?

Humanitarian crisis

Political threat to the United States

International economic stability

Obligation from alliances

Question 24.7

2. What role did Marshall envision for the United States in the development of this plan?

None at all

Minimal

Supportive

Complete control

Question 24.8

3. To whom is Marshall likely referring when he states that “any government which maneuvers to block the recovery of other countries cannot expect help from us”?

The Soviet Union

Germany

Great Britain

Japan

Question 24.9

4. On what point did Marshall and Vyacheslav Molotov disagree regarding the Marshall Plan?

Where the funds would be applied

Who would make the plan decisions

Whether Europe needed outside assistance

How to best raise the money for support

Question 24.10

5. Rather than looking to the United States for outside influence and economic stability, where does the Soviet Union argue that European nations should turn for their survival?

The Soviet Union

Great Britain

The United States

Within themselves

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