Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
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- Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
- America sent aid to those countries who were under threat from Communism.
- $13bn sent in economic and technical assistance (in Marshall aid)
- In 1947 Truman gave a speech to Congress asking for $13+bn to help support European regeneration after the war
- To show Capitalist control and superiority
- America had profitted from the war
- America wanted to stop soviet expansionism
- America had strong allies that had been heavily affected by the war in Europe
- The Marshall plan was the US monetary policy to help European countries rebuild their economies after WW2
- Wass offered to all countries that were under threat from communism including USSR, but did not accept it
- The USSR's 'Molotov Plan' was proposed to offer the same as 'Marshall Plan' to aid communist development in Europe
- 10% Cash
- 30% food/fuels (Consumables)
- 60% Industrial/agricultural goods
- An American foreign policy to stop the geo-political spread of soviet style communism in Europe
- 'the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting outside pressures'
- The American foreign policy of containment
- America sent aid to those countries who were under threat from Communism.
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