The Marshall Plan

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A quiz testing knowledge of the Marshall Plan/ Marshall Aid
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Resumo de Recurso

Questão 1

Questão
What was the Marshall Plan?
Responda
  • The other side to the Truman Doctrine
  • A charity organisation
  • A spy organisation set up by Truman

Questão 2

Questão
Who devised it?
Responda
  • George Marshall
  • Harry S. Truman
  • Theodore Roosevelt

Questão 3

Questão
What did it do?
Responda
  • Donated money to Western European countries
  • Donated money to European countries
  • Donated money to countries that didn't belong to the USSR
  • Donated money to Eastern European countries

Questão 4

Questão
How much did George Marshall request from Congress for Marshall Aid?
Responda
  • $17 billion
  • $1.7 billion
  • $170 million
  • $17 million
  • $1.7 million

Questão 5

Questão
Initially, Congress disagreed with the Marshall Plan because of the amount of money required.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
Initially, Congress disagreed with the Marshall Plan as there were suspicions that countries would use the aid to trade with the USSR
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 7

Questão
What made Congress change their minds about Marshall Aid?
Responda
  • When George Marshall reported the damage done in Europe
  • When Czechoslovakia was seized by the communists
  • When non-communists in Czechoslovakia were killed
  • When the Czechoslovakian leader Jan Masaryk, a supporter of the West, was murdered
  • When they realised Stalin was attempting to capture as many European countries as he could
  • When George Marshall was shot on a visit to Poland

Questão 8

Questão
When was Marshall Aid given out?
Responda
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1952
  • 1951

Questão 9

Questão
China's accepting of Marshall Aid angered Stalin
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 10

Questão
Stalin was angry when Yugoslavia accepted Marshall Aid
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 11

Questão
Why was he angry?
Responda
  • His moustache wasn't as curly as the British moustaches
  • Yugoslavia had been a communist country and he was suspicious that the West would try and be allies with them
  • On a map, Yugoslavia formed a bridge between East and West Europe; Stalin didn't want this
  • USSR and Yugoslavia had an alliance; if this was broken he would be furious
  • Yugoslavia had always been independent - so Stalin had always been suspicious - and this was the final straw
  • Stalin was angry that nobody had accepted his 'Stalin Aid'

Questão 12

Questão
What did Stalin do to Tito, leader of Yugoslavia, as a result?
Responda
  • Tito was shot by Soviets in 1948
  • Tito was expelled from Cominform in 1948
  • Tito was invaded by Soviets in 1948
  • Tito was expelled from Cominform in 1949

Questão 13

Questão
What did Stalin view Marshall Aid as?
Responda
  • A scam
  • Bribery
  • A loan, not a donation

Questão 14

Questão
What were USA's interests for giving Marshall Aid?
Responda
  • They believed communism thrived where there was poverty, so giving money would hold this back
  • They wanted to increase trade with Europe to avoid another depression
  • They wanted to be the hero and show up Stalin
  • If they could gain the trust of Europe, they could control their markets so they had more power over there

Questão 15

Questão
Marshall Aid increased suspicions between USA and USSR
Responda
  • True
  • False

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