Flashcard sets with a 'the marshall plan' term meaning 'proposed by george c. marshall (secretary of state in 1947) and it was a european recovery program which would give american aid to rebuild western europe's economies. truman embraced this plan. the soviet union and its satellite nations in eastern europe rejected the offer. they developed their own plan further separating europe into competing regions. the plan pumped billions of dollars worth of supplies, machinery, and food into western europe. western europe's recovery weakened the appeal of communism and opened new markets for trade.'

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