In the years following World War II, the United States established a policy of containment to

Containment aimed to stop communism from spreading into additional countries, rather than eliminate governments where communism was already established. In the postwar period, communism had spread through the Soviet Union and much of Eastern Europe, so the policy focused on preventing its expansion beyond Eastern Europe. The correct choice is “prevent the spread of communism outside of Eastern Europe.”

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