Why did the United States devise the Marshall Plan, which gave about 13 billion in grants and loans to nations in Western Europe?

a-to support free peoples who were resisting attempted conquest by armed minorities or by outside pressures
b-to gain more control by installing communist governments and police states and by crushing political and religious dissent
c-to provide food and reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, and money to jump-start economic growth

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Why did the United States devise the Marshall Plan, which gave about 13 billion in grants and loans to nations in Western Europe?

a-to support free peoples who were resisting attempted conquest by armed minorities or by outside pressures
b-to gain more control by installing communist governments and police states and by crushing political and religious dissent
c-to provide food and reduce famine, fuel to heat houses and factories, and money to jump-start economic growth

anonymous · Answer

i think C

anonymous · Answer

raul_escobedo is right, it's (C). The US wanted to get Western Europe on its feet as quickly as possible not only to get them back into the economic game, but also to eventually stand firm against the influence of the Soviet Union that dominated Eastern Europe.