President Eisenhower believed in the domino theory as applied to world politics, which is the belief that

The domino theory compares countries to a line of dominoes: if one falls, it can cause the next to fall. In Cold War politics, this meant Eisenhower believed that if one country became communist, neighboring countries might also become communist. Therefore, the correct choice is “if one country becomes communist, others will follow.”

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