The Cold War

Question 18 • TX-US History Studies Since 1877 B-Credit Recovery Summer School

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

Answer

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

The United States believed that 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 United States thought that if Communism could not be contained, then countries would fall to Communism like dominoes.

Explanation

Containment was the U.S. policy of preventing Communism from spreading to new countries. The domino theory warned that if one country fell to Communism, nearby countries might follow in sequence. Therefore, the United States believed that failing to contain Communism could lead to countries falling to it like dominoes, making D the correct choice.

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