How Did The Us Influence The Role Of The American Economy

In 1946 to 1950 The United States truly started showing its power to the rest of the world and the Government ended up gaining power through the expansion of America’s roles. They were a superpower with its rising economy, victory after joining world war two and the role they had in the fight to stop communism. World War II had just ended, some would say that The United States had a huge impact on that victory. They also had regained control of their economy. America had also begun to try and stop communism from spreading to other countries. As the role of the United States in other countries grew, their power had increased exponentially through The Marshall Plan, The North Atlantic Organization, and The Atomic Energy Act. The Marshall Plan was enacted in 1948 and its goal was to be able to help western countries rebuild after the war. The North Atlantic Organization or NATO is a treaty between

This plan used 13 billion dollars to help rebuild Europe after the devastation of World War II. Because of this act America’s role in Europe increased. The United State just got out of the war itself and they still had enough power and money to recover itself and spend 13 billion dollars on other countries. This role in rebuilding Europe while just finishing the same war shows that America had the power. By the United States using their money to rebuild countries, they rebuilt it like the American economy. This led to an impact on how the economy would change in Europe and how America had the power to influence what goes on in foreign countries. This led to America slowly climbing out of isolationism and led to focusing on foreign policies more. Instead of focusing on themselves America decided to expand their role by working with other countries and gain power and control in those countries. They could also use this in a way to increase taxes to pay for the money sent to other