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U.S. Secretary of State Marshall explains his plan to help European countries rebuild after WWII. "I need to say that the world situation is very serious.... Europe must have a great deal of additional help, or face heavy economic, social, and political damage. This would have a harmful effect on the world at large. There are also possibilities of disturbances because of the desperation of the people concerned. The effect on the economy of the United States should be clear to all. The United States should do whatever it can to help restore normal economic health to the world. Without this, there can be no political stability or peace. Our policy is directed... against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos (disorder]. Its purpose is to revive a working economy in the world." 3. Why did Secretary of State Marshall propose this plan?

U.S. Secretary of State Marshall explains his plan to help European countries rebuild after WWII. "I need to say that the world situation is very serious.... Europe must have a great deal of additional help, or face heavy economic, social, and political damage. This would have a harmful effect on the world at large. There are also possibilities of disturbances because of the desperation of the people concerned. The effect on the economy of the United States should be clear to all. The United States should do whatever it can to help restore normal economic health to the world. Without this, there can be no political stability or peace. Our policy is directed... against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos (disorder]. Its purpose is to revive a working economy in the world." 3. Why did Secretary of State Marshall propose this plan?

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Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, March 5, 1946 "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. ... All these famous cities and the populations around them lie in the Soviet sphere and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and increasing measure of control from Moscow. 1. Describe how the Iron Curtain divided Europe? Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, March 5, 1946 The Communist parties, which were very small in these Eastern European nations, have been raised to power far beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to obtain totalitarian control. Police governments are prevailing in nearly every case, and so far, except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy. This is certainly not the liberated Europe we fought to build up. Nor is it one which contains the essentials of permanent peace. bivong foewssW 2. Describe the type of governments governing Eastern Europe and how this is different with why the Allies fought in WWII. boe (OTAM) old ain lim U.S. Secretary of State Marshall explains his plan to help European countries rebuild after WWII. "I need to say that the world situation is very serious. ... Europe must have a great deal of additional help, or face heavy economic, social, and political damage. This would have a harmful effect on the world at large. There are also possibilities of disturbances because of the desperation of the people concerned. The effect on the economy of the United States should be clear to all. The United States should do whatever it can to help restore normal economic health to the world. Without this, there can be no political stability or peace. Our policy is directed... against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos [disorder]. Its purpose is to revive a working economy in the world." vdo yltashaq al 1 lsossg to noltevisen ot agiosn nism is al too o6g 2omosed 1ew to 1ogns 3. Why did Secretary of State Marshall propose this plan? arw verarlaun o President Truman's speech to Congress, March 12, 1947. (Truman Doctrine) "I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation [domination] by armed minorities or by outside pressure. Should we fail to aid Greece and Turkey in this fateful hour, the effect will be far-reaching to the West. The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife. They reach their full growth when the hope of a people for a better life has died. Therefore, I propose giving Greece and Turkey $400 million in aid.
Transcribed Image Text:Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, March 5, 1946 "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. ... All these famous cities and the populations around them lie in the Soviet sphere and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and increasing measure of control from Moscow. 1. Describe how the Iron Curtain divided Europe? Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, March 5, 1946 The Communist parties, which were very small in these Eastern European nations, have been raised to power far beyond their numbers and are seeking everywhere to obtain totalitarian control. Police governments are prevailing in nearly every case, and so far, except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy. This is certainly not the liberated Europe we fought to build up. Nor is it one which contains the essentials of permanent peace. bivong foewssW 2. Describe the type of governments governing Eastern Europe and how this is different with why the Allies fought in WWII. boe (OTAM) old ain lim U.S. Secretary of State Marshall explains his plan to help European countries rebuild after WWII. "I need to say that the world situation is very serious. ... Europe must have a great deal of additional help, or face heavy economic, social, and political damage. This would have a harmful effect on the world at large. There are also possibilities of disturbances because of the desperation of the people concerned. The effect on the economy of the United States should be clear to all. The United States should do whatever it can to help restore normal economic health to the world. Without this, there can be no political stability or peace. Our policy is directed... against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos [disorder]. Its purpose is to revive a working economy in the world." vdo yltashaq al 1 lsossg to noltevisen ot agiosn nism is al too o6g 2omosed 1ew to 1ogns 3. Why did Secretary of State Marshall propose this plan? arw verarlaun o President Truman's speech to Congress, March 12, 1947. (Truman Doctrine) "I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation [domination] by armed minorities or by outside pressure. Should we fail to aid Greece and Turkey in this fateful hour, the effect will be far-reaching to the West. The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife. They reach their full growth when the hope of a people for a better life has died. Therefore, I propose giving Greece and Turkey $400 million in aid.
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