COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Western Europe to increase political ties with the CommunistEastern Europe
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Eastern Europe to aid the Soviet Union
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Eastern European countries trying to have a revolution
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lessen the danger of Western Europe falling to Communism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Replacing an earlier proposal for a Morgenthau Plan, it operated for four years beginning on April 3, 1948. The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity and prevent the spread of communism.
Detailed explanation-2: -It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The State Department proposed the policy of containment, known as the Truman Doctrine. In places where communism threatened to expand, American aid might prevent a takeover. This policy enabled the United States to contain communism within its current borders. The war left most of Western Europe in dire need.