In the 1950s and 1960s, US leaders feared that if they did not intervene, countries such as Vietnam would

During the Cold War, many U.S. leaders followed the domino theory: they feared that if one country became communist, nearby countries might do the same. They therefore worried that Vietnam would fall to communism if the United States did not intervene. The correct choice is “fall to communism.”

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