The Marshall Plan<span> (Or </span>European Recovery Program(ERP)<span>) was an American initiative to aid </span>Western Europe<span>, in which the </span>United States<span> gave over $13 billion</span><span> in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of </span>World War II<span>.
The plan was in operation for four years beginning on April 1948.
The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-devastated regions, remove </span>trade barriers<span>, modernize </span>industry<span>, make Europe prosperous once more, and prevent the spread of </span>communism.<span>The Marshall Plan encouraged an increase in </span>productivity<span>, </span>labour union<span> membership, as well as the adoption of modern business procedure.</span>
Woodrow Wilson's attitude toward American entry into World War 1 was that he insisted on neutrality until the United States was provoked by German actions.
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In reaction
to the fugitive slave law, most of the people in the north showed open defiance
to the law and devised means to support the Underground Railroad to Canada. It
is reported that they formed committees to facilitate the transport of African
American slaves to Canada through the Underground Railroad.