Marshall Aid

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iGCSE History - Cold War
Drew Bott
Quiz by Drew Bott, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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Who was George Marshall?
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  • US President after WWII
  • US Secretary of State after WWII
  • US Secretary of Defence

Question 2

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Which of the following were reasons Marshall wanted to assist Europe after WWII?
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  • He was a generous sort of guy
  • He was afraid communism would thrive if Europe was not given help
  • The winter of 1946 had been the harshest on record - conditions were bad
  • The US Congress wanted to help Europe

Question 3

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Which of the following were 'true' of the Marshall Plan?
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  • It provided between $13 & $17 billion
  • It was used to help rebuild European economies
  • Its main purpose was to help rebuild Western European military capabilities
  • It was designed to improve trade and commerce between the USA and Europe
  • It was used to reconstruct damaged infrastructure such as railways and road.

Question 4

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What was the Marshall Plan also known as?
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  • The European Revival Plan
  • The European Recovery Programme
  • The Anti Communist Plan

Question 5

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Marshall Aid was originally extended to ALL of Europe, including the countries of Eastern Europe.
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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An underlying 'political' aim of Marshall aid was to prevent the spread of communism to Western Europe
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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Which of the following are 'true' of Marshall Aid?
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  • It was linked to the Truman Doctrine
  • Congress only agreed to it after a coup in Czechoslovakia
  • Stalin called it 'Dollar Imperialism'

Question 8

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How did Stalin and the USSR react to Marshall Aid?
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  • Created Cominform
  • Created Comecon
  • Created the Warsaw Pact

Question 9

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Which of the following 'describe' Cominform?
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  • It was a military alliance
  • It was the Communist Information Bureau
  • It allowed Moscow to keep close control over the communist parties of eastern Europe
  • The US were concerned about Western European communist parties being influenced
  • It was an international organisation

Question 10

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What was Comecon?
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  • A communications network for communist parties of Eastern Europe controlled by Moscow.
  • The Soviet response to Marshall Aid in which Eastern European economies provided mutual assistance to each other
  • A Soviet military alliance of Eastern European countries
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