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AssignmentMultiple Choice

An Iron Curtain

Question 7 • RMA FL-2100310-United States History Semester 2

What was “containment”?

Answer
A
a policy for keeping the Soviet Union within its expanded postwar borders
B
a plan for the United States to attack the Soviet Union through Asia
C
a way to gradually push the Soviet Union out of Eastern Europe

Explanation

Containment was the U.S. policy of preventing communism and Soviet influence from spreading beyond their existing reach. It did not aim to attack the Soviet Union or gradually remove it from Eastern Europe. Therefore, A, keeping the Soviet Union within its expanded postwar borders, is the best choice.

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