Which of these correctly characterizes the different post-war goals of the United States and the Soviet Union?

After World War II, the United States generally sought to promote democratic governments and political freedoms, while the Soviet Union sought to expand communist rule under a single-party system. The other choices reverse the countries’ economic aims or misstate their foreign-policy goals: the USSR wanted influence in nearby Eastern European countries, and the United States was actively involved in international affairs.

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