Question

One of the pitfalls of the U.S. policy of containment was that it: (Points : 2)

weakened relations with Great Britain.
often caused America to support undemocratic regimes.
caused a debilitating recession in the mid-1960s.
closed American markets in western Europe

Answer 1

One of the pitfalls of the U.S. policy of containment was that it "often caused America to support undemocratic regimes," since the primary goal of containment was to "contain" communism where it already existed--nothing more.