Question

Which of the following correctly links the term with its definition?

Select one:

a.
Containment; the policy that the Soviet Union used to spread communism.

b.
Containment; the policy that the U.S. used to stop the spread of communism after WWII.

c.
Cold War; the war to defeat Hitler between 1941-1945.

d.
Iron Curtain; the policy that the United States used to fight the spread of communism.

Answer 1

Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam.

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