WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S.

Detailed explanation-2: -The “containment policy” was the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough to avoid the temptation of communism. An early test of containment came in Greece and Turkey.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following best describes the United States’ policy of containment following World War II? The United States would use economic and military measures to prevent the spread of Communism.

Detailed explanation-5: -American leaders responded to the Soviet control of Eastern Europe by developing a policy of containment – the United States would prevent communism from spreading to additional countries, even though it would not challenge communism where it already existed.