HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Question
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What was Containment?
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Policy of slowing down the spread of democracy into Eastern Europe
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Policy of preventing communism from spreading further into Europe
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Policy of staying isolated and keeping out of foreign nations affairs
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Political theory where all property and wealth are communally-owned
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.
Detailed explanation-2: -Containment was a foreign policy strategy followed by the United States during the Cold War. First laid out by George F. Kennan in 1947, the policy stated that communism needed to be contained and isolated, or else it would spread to neighboring countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to economic redevelopment, one of the stated goals of the Marshall Plan was to halt the spread of communism on the European continent.
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