COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Containing Communism so that it cannot spread any farther
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Giving money to countries so they do not become Communist
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Finding ways other than nuclear missiles to stop Communism
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Fighting wars by using other countries to stop Communism
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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: -The Marshall Plan was a U.S.-sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions could survive in the aftermath of World War II. It was formally called the European Recovery Program.
Detailed explanation-3: -Marshall spoke of an urgent need to help the European recovery in his address at Harvard University in June 1947. 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.