........was connected to the great lakes by the opening of the Erie Canal.
It was signed by Jimmy Carter.
Answer:
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland and Romania
The correct answer is <span>contain Communism
Having a common market with free trade would allow capitalism and the free market to prosper which would counter any communist tendencies that the countries might have had after the war. It actually worked as it prevented communism from spreading throughout the western Europe even when it was ravaged.</span>