1) Base your answer on the stamp below and on your knowledge of social studies. Source:www. usps This commemorative stamp was issued 50 years after the Marshall Plan. George Marshall was honored because he had A) proposed economic aid from the United States to rebuild the economies of European nations B) insisted that Germany and the other Axis Powers pay for starting World War II C) encouraged Western European nations to accept aid from the Soviet Union D) formed the European Union so that Western Europe could rebuild its own economy

by 1890, the united states had by far the world's most productive economy. american industry produced twice as much as its closest competitor--britain. but the united states was not a great military or diplomatic power. its army numbered less than 30,000 troops, and its navy had only about 10,000 seamen. britain's army was five times the size of its american counterpart, and its navy was ten times bigger. the united states' military was small because the country was situated between two large oceans and was surrounded by weak or friendly nations. it faced no serious military threats and had little interest in asserting military power overseas.