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The United States’ policy of containment after World War II was intended to prevent communism from spreading beyond

the Middle East.

South America.

the Soviet Union.

Western Europe.

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During the Cold War, how were the policy of containment and the domino theory related?

The policy of containment helped the USSR establish a number of buffer zones, or “dominoes.”

The US believed that the policy of containment would make it easier for countries to fall to communism like dominoes.

The policy of containment and the domino theory had no direct connection to one another.

The US worried that if communism could not be contained, then countries would fall to it one by one, like dominoes.

What was one common goal among Allied leaders at the Potsdam Conference in 1945?

to gain power and influence in the postwar world

to redraw the boundaries of Eastern Europe

to split postwar Germany into four zones

to ensure that the United States became a superpower

In 1948, where did the United Nations first use peacekeeping forces?

in the Arab-Israeli War

in a rebellion in Haiti

in a civil war in Libya

in the Nazi occupation of France

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