The primary aim of the Marshall Plan was "<span>b. to provide aid to the devastated countries of Europe," since the US believed that doing so would help these nations resist the spread of communism. </span>
The trade route to Byzantium is what led to all the others.
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~Davinia.
The answer is c ascension because it means to be offered
During the 1800s due to an economic and military weakness of the U.S compared to its neighbors the British, French and European rivals, the United States foreign policy makers sought diplomatic means to counter European presence.
The U.S diplomacy aimed at preventing France and Britain from accessing the control of more colonies in Latin America and Mexico which were a part of a declining Spanish empire.
Foreign policy goals previously focussed on gaining colonies and expansion to new territories, but, changed to developing commercial empires, limit the influence o the Soviet (USSR) and encourage more significant economic and political freedom.