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What?
• Recovery plan propose by US Secretary of State, George Marshall
• Canada joined plan and shipped $706 million in food, equipment, and raw materials to Europe
• Between 1948-1953, Canada and USS contributed $13.5 million in European economic aid



Historical Significance
• Western Europe made amazing recovery, far beyond expectations of the people who had helped engineer it
• Within a decade, stability and prosperity had returned to Western Europe including former Axis powers, especially Germany

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Before/After the Marshall Plan
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   PEOPLE > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Henri Bourassa > REVIEW QUESTIONS

  • What year was the Marshall Plan created?
    1. a) 1988
    2. b) 1958
    3. c) 1948
    4. d) 1939


    1. What was the name of the person who created the Marshall plan?
      1. a) George Marshall
      2. b) Abraham Marshall
      3. c) Theodore Marshall
      4. d) Martin Marshall



    2. What type of job did the person who created the Marshall plan have?
      1. a) waiter
      2. b) U.S. Secretary of State
      3. c) U.S. Treasurer
      4. d) U.S. president


    3. What is the Marshall plan
      1. a) a battle plan between the U.S. and Canada
      2. b) a recovery plan for European countries
      3. c) a battle plan for the U.S. and Europe
      4. d) none of the above


    4. How much money did Canada loan during the Marshall plan
      1. a) 100 million
      2. b) 20 million
      3. c) 706 million
      4. d) 500 million


    5. What other materials did Canada loan in during the Marshall plan?
      1. a) shelter, soldiers, boots, medical supplies
      2. b) medical supplies, soldiers, weapons
      3. c) food equipment and raw materials
      4. d) both a and b


    6. How much money did both Canada and the U.S. contribute during the Marshall plan years?
      1. a) 1.6 billion
      2. b) 1.6 million
      3. c) 100
      4. d) 13.5 billion


    7. How long did it take for Europe to have stability in the country after the Marshall plan?
      1. a) 2 years
      2. b) 5 years
      3. c) one decade
      4. d) none of the above


    8. Between which years, did the Marshall plan occur?
      1. a) 1939 to 1944
      2. b) 1949 to 1952
      3. c) 1965 to 1970
      4. d) none of the above


    9. Why did Russia dislike the Marshall plan?
      1. a) Russia wanted the communist system to sound more appealing
      2. b) Russia disliked Americans
      3. c) Russia disliked Canadians
      4. d) Both b and c



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