COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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To help unite North and South Korea.
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To help provide economic recovery in Western Europe to keep communism from spreading there.
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To give money to Greece and Turkey so they would stay democratic.
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To give money to Chinese nationalists, so China would become a democracy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -This aid provided much needed capital and materials that enabled Europeans to rebuild the continent’s economy. For the United States, the Marshall Plan provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported the development of stable democratic governments in Western Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marshall, for whom it was named, it was crafted as a four-year plan to reconstruct cities, industries and infrastructure heavily damaged during the war and to remove trade barriers between European neighbors-as well as foster commerce between those countries and the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -It provided the Europeans with currency to buy US goods; it allowed rapid recovery and it provided a bulwark against the Communist parties of western Europe. The plan provided the conditions for rapid recovery, for both winners like Britain, and losers: Germany Italy and Japan.