HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Soviets started the Point Four Program
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The Soviets blocked Berlin to all ground transportation
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The Soviets divided Germany into four zones
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The Soviets seized power in Czechoslovakia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The plan had two major aims: to prevent the spread of communism in Western Europe and to stabilize the international order in a way favorable to the development of political democracy and free-market economies. European reaction to Marshall’s speech was quick and positive.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rather, Soviet rejection of the Marshall Plan was the natural response of a noncapitalist state trying to avoid integration into the capitalist world economy, and the subordination to the industrialized West which such integration would imply.
Detailed explanation-3: -The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to aid in the economic recovery of nations after World War II and secure US geopolitical influence over Western Europe. To combat the effects of the Marshall Plan, the USSR developed its own economic recovery program, known as the Molotov Plan.