Chapter 4 EUROPE

Marshall Plan's 61st Anniversary Approaches

After watching the Marshall Plan's 61st Anniversary Approaches video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. The prime motivation for launching the Marshall Plan was

Fear of chaos in Western Europe

Fear of communism

Fear of a Nazi resurgence

Desire to increase the markets for U.S. exports

2. The first part of the Marshall Plan was to

Build new office buildings in European cities

Provide food and clothing to European people

Put Nazi leaders on trial

Resettle Holocaust survivors in the United States

3. The Marshall Plan provided support for which of these vital industries?

Automobiles

Cameras

Coal mining

Road building

4. To qualify for aid, the United States insisted that

The Germans allow workers to unionize

German companies pay living wages

Europeans cooperate to distribute the coal to other countries

Europeans form a Common Market

5. The most important part of the Marshall Plan was

That it increased American presence in Europe

The impact on western Europeans' morale

The impact on Communists' morale

The collapse of Communism in 1989