After the Second World War, Why Did American Planners Seek

question 99

Multiple Choice

After the Second World War, why did American planners seek a world economy based on free trade and the quick reconstruction of Germany, Japan, and other nations?

• A) They believed these policies would allow the United States to aid the impoverished masses in the newly emerging nation states.
• B) They believed these policies would give the United States the military prowess it needed to overthrow the Soviet government.
• C) They believed these policies would help enhance the prestige of the United States-backed United Nations.
• D) They believed that both the economic well-being and the security of the United States depended on these policies.

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