History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1813 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Marshall Plan
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The idea
Proposed by Secretary of State George Marshall in June nineteen forty-seven, the European Recovery Program became law on April third, nineteen forty-eight.
In practice
About thirteen billion dollars for Western Europe's reconstruction, the anchor's figure; Digital History gives twelve and a half billion.
Where people slip
Digital History adds that European purchases of American coal, crops and machinery largely paid for it.
Your place on the trail
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