The bloc consisted of the Soviet Union and its satellite states. In post-war Europe, there was a shift among the people away from capitalism and toward . President believed that a plan to revitalize European economies would be in the interest of the American government. Secretary was the main proponent of the European Recovery Program, which would then be named after him. When the United States occupied Japan, it created a new that would become the basis for the new Japanese government. The viewed Germany as a bitter rival and wanted to make it suffer for the damage it caused during the war. The line drawn between Western Europe, influenced by the United States, and Eastern Europe, influenced by the Soviet Union became known as the " ." Respond to the following based on your reading.