The Marshall Plan
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Publicado: 7 de junio de 2012
|Name: Carolina Arteaga |Registration: 2639443 |
|Course title: Universal History|Teacher’s name: Laura Maldonado |
|Module: 3 |Activity: Homework 8 ||Date: 29/02/12 |Team: No team |
|Bibliography: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-marshall-plan.htm|
|http://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/m/a.htm ||http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/p/prmarshallplan.htm |
Title: The Marshall Plan
Introduction:
Europe was devastated byyears of conflict during World War II. Millions of people had been killed or wounded. Industrial and residential centres in England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Belgium and elsewhere lay in ruins. Much of Europe was on the brink of famine as agricultural production had been disrupted by war. Transportation infrastructure was in shambles. The only major power in the world that was notsignificantly damaged was the United States.
In a speech to Congress on 5 June 1946, US Secretary of State George Marshall said:
“The breakdown of the business structure of Europe during the war wascomplete. ... Europe’s requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food and other essential products – principally from America – are so much greater than her present ability to pay that shemust have substantial help or face economic, social and political deterioration of a very grave character...”
Contents:
The Second World War severely damaged the economies of Europe, leaving many in...
|Course title: Universal History|Teacher’s name: Laura Maldonado |
|Module: 3 |Activity: Homework 8 ||Date: 29/02/12 |Team: No team |
|Bibliography: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-marshall-plan.htm|
|http://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/m/a.htm ||http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/coldwar/p/prmarshallplan.htm |
Title: The Marshall Plan
Introduction:
Europe was devastated byyears of conflict during World War II. Millions of people had been killed or wounded. Industrial and residential centres in England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Belgium and elsewhere lay in ruins. Much of Europe was on the brink of famine as agricultural production had been disrupted by war. Transportation infrastructure was in shambles. The only major power in the world that was notsignificantly damaged was the United States.
In a speech to Congress on 5 June 1946, US Secretary of State George Marshall said:
“The breakdown of the business structure of Europe during the war wascomplete. ... Europe’s requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food and other essential products – principally from America – are so much greater than her present ability to pay that shemust have substantial help or face economic, social and political deterioration of a very grave character...”
Contents:
The Second World War severely damaged the economies of Europe, leaving many in...
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