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Marshall Plan and The Loyalty Review Board

Marshall Plan and The Loyalty Review Board. By:Josh Peretz and William Holt. Marshall Plan. When? -June 5, 1947 was not approved by Congress until 1948 What? A plan created by George Marshall It attempted to aid European nations and revive economies.

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Marshall Plan and The Loyalty Review Board

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  1. Marshall Plan and The Loyalty Review Board By:JoshPeretz and William Holt

  2. Marshall Plan • When? -June 5, 1947 was not approved by Congress until 1948 • What? • A plan created by George Marshall • It attempted to aid European nations and revive economies. • It gave $13 billion over a period of four years. • helped end the threat of communism in western Europe. • Eventually replaced by the Mutual Security Plan in 1951

  3. Did it help or hurt America’s position in the world? Why? • This helped America’s position in the world because it “Americanized” countries through pop culture such as some Hollywood movies and Rock and Roll music. • USA got credited because this time period was the fasted period of growth in European history (1948-1952). • America got influence in Europe which led to end of the threat of communismin Western Europe • Marshall Plan led the way forthe USA becoming the head of NATO.

  4. Loyalty Review Board • When? And What? • Established by Truman in March 21, 1947. • It was an attempt to be more active in the pursuit of spies and check on government employees. • It was an executive order and therefore was undisclosed to Congress. • Lasted for 10 years, checked on nearly 3million employees.

  5. Does this show a conservative/conformative attitude? • Not conservative because, they were taking action even though most of the time they didn’t have a legitimate reason. • They discharged over 2700 people and used vague words as the reason for firing them • This action showed the U.S to be very paranoid toward possible actions by the U.S.S.R

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