The Marshall Plan was a post-WWII initiative from the United States to help rebuild Europe. The U.S. gave over $13 billion in support through the program, which lasted from 1948 to 1951. Europe saw the fastest growth in it's history during this 4 year period, and most of Europe was able to recover from the war to the fullest capacity.
The South was very displeased because they were convinced that Lincoln will end slavery. Lincoln didn't believe that slavery should spread and when he got nominated for the anti-slavery republican party in 1860 the South was very concerned
