USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

KOREAS PARTITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which was the idea that if one nation adopts Communism, its neighbors would too?
A
The Containment Theory
B
The Warsaw Method
C
The Domino Theory
D
The German Model
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a row of dominos.

Detailed explanation-2: -The US justified its military intervention in Vietnam by the domino theory, which stated that if one country fell under the influence of Communism, the surrounding countries would inevitably follow. The aim was to prevent Communist domination of South-East Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The primary evidence for the domino theory is the spread of communist rule in three Southeast Asian countries in 1975, following the communist takeover of Vietnam: South Vietnam (by the Viet Cong), Laos (by the Pathet Lao), and Cambodia (by the Khmer Rouge).

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