“Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.”
George C. Marshall (1947)
Why did Secretary of State George Marshall believe that sending economic aid to countries who were rebuilding their economies after World War II would prevent the spread of Communism?
Choose one answer.
a. People in times of economic crisis are more likely to tolerate radical change.
b. Western Europe had a very strong Anti-American sentiment following the use of nuclear weapons.
c. People in western Europe would resist Comminism at all costs.
d. The United States could outspend the Soviet Union, even in western Europe.
In his "Marshall Plan" Marshall was interested in sending aid to Europe to avoid another war and communism spreading. The answer is "a. People in times of economic crisis are more likely to tolerate radical change."
