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In the years following World War II, the United States established a policy of containment to

O keep the countries of Eastern Europe from becoming communist.
o ensure that communism was contained to the Soviet Union only
O eliminate all communist governments throughout the world.
O prevent the spread of communism outside of Eastern Europe.

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Answer:The Truman Doctrine, also known as the policy of containment, was President Harry Truman's foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism.

The United States developed its policy of containment to prevent communism from spreading further into Europe and the rest of the world.

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