Plz help! will give brainliest and points! What was the goal of President Truman's policy of containment?

A. to liberate as many Communist countries as possible

B. to prevent Communism from spreading in the United States

C. to construct a wall to hold Communism within its 1947 borders

D. to stop Communism from spreading to non-Communist countries

Explanation:

The goals of containment were to keep communism from spreading to other countries. The truman doctrine was the policy of the US to support free peoples who are resisting soviet pressures to become communist.

the quote by walter cronkite contributes to the central idea of the text by supporting the central idea. cronkite argues that what is deemed “right” for and in america may not be good for other countries. this supports the central idea of the text, that the vietnam war was unpopular in america for multiple reasons- including cronkite’s.

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