The table below shows the amount of economic aid distributed through the Marshall Plan:

Source: http://learningtogive. org/lessons/unit231/lesson3_attachm ents/1.html

Which statement explains the pattern of this aid? (5 points)

A) Satellites of the Soviet Union did not accept Marshall Plan aid.

B) Marshall Plan aid was only given out to countries the United States had bombed.

C) Congress only authorized Marshall Plan aid for countries that had opposed the Allies.

D) The United Nations assisted nations that did not participate in the Marshall Plan.