WWII- The Marshall Plan

1) Who was the Marshall Plan named after?

• Secretary of State George Marshall

• President Marshall

• Thurgood Marshall

• Chief Justice John Marshall

• Vice President Thomas Marshall

2) What did the Marshall Plan do?

• Punished war criminals

• Divided Germany into East and West Germany

• Provided aid to countries recovering from World War II

• Divided Korea into North and South Korea

• Built up nuclear weapons for the Cold War

3) Why did many countries in Europe need help from the United States?

• Because many were in debt from World War II

• Because their infrastructure was destroyed by the fighting in the war

• Because their economies were struggling

• Because many of their roads, bridges, and cities had been bombed

• All of the above

4) What gave the US an advantage in the world economy and enabled them to help Europe?

• The US had the atom bomb and everyone was scared of them

• Most of the US was never attacked by the Axis Powers

• The US did not spend much money on soldiers or weapons during the war

• All of the above

• None of the above

5) How much in aid did the United States provide through the Marshall Plan?

• $20 million

• $100 million

• $1 billion

• $2 billion

• $13 billion

6) True or False: The Russians took a significant amount of aid from the United States.

• True

• False

7) What major Axis Power was not part of the Marshall Plan, but did receive aid from the United States?

• Soviet Union

• Hungary

• Germany

• Japan

• Romania

8) Who said that the Marshall Plan was the most unsordid act in history?

• Winston Churchill

• George Marshall

• Joseph Stalin

• Emperor Hirohito

• Margaret Thatcher

9) What award did George Marshall receive in 1953 for his work on the Marshall Plan?

• Humanitarian Award

• Freedom Award

• Nobel Peace Prize

• Pulitzer Award

• Charlemagne Prize

10) True or False: Despite its good intentions, the Marshall Plan did little to help the economies of the European countries to recover.

• True

• False