The result of the marshall plan aid to the countries of western europe was that
a) the recipient nations underwent a significant economic recovery.
b) the united states economy was nearly bankrupted by this giveaway program.
c) communist influence actually increased in the countries receiving the aid.
d) the recipient nations engaged in bitter competition with one another to gain the largest share of the ai

The answers is A)the recipient nations underwent a significant economic recovery.

Explanation:

The marshal plan was designed to boost the western European economy and to prevent the communist threats from the eastern Europe to spread into the west. The plan worked for some extent and by the 1970s, most of the western European nations were relatively developed than the eastern Europe.

assuming that by westerners you mean americans. that they were mean and controlling and abusive to its peasants.

explanation:

disease was the number one killer of native peoples. they had had little exposure to the diseases of europe. this led to some villages being almost completely wiped out and some tribes destroyed.