What policy stated that the United States would support free peoples resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures?

What policy stated that the United States would support free peoples resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures?

• A. The Containment Policy
• B. The Domino Theory
• C. The Truman Doctrine
• D. The Monroe Doctrine

Answer: (C)

This question tests understanding of a defining Cold War commitment that the United States would stand with nations resisting subjugation by armed minorities or external pressures. The Truman Doctrine, announced in 1947, stated that the U.S. would provide political, military, and economic aid to free peoples facing subjugation. It grew out of crises in Greece and Turkey and signaled a shift from isolation to active containment of Soviet influence, establishing a precedent that the United States would intervene to prevent the spread of communism by supporting governments and movements resisting subversion or aggression. In contrast, the broader Containment Policy describes the overall strategy, the Domino Theory warned of a chain reaction if one country fell, and the Monroe Doctrine addresses European intervention in the Western Hemisphere in an earlier era. Therefore, the Truman Doctrine is the statement that matches the description.

This question tests understanding of a defining Cold War commitment that the United States would stand with nations resisting subjugation by armed minorities or external pressures. The Truman Doctrine, announced in 1947, stated that the U.S. would provide political, military, and economic aid to free peoples facing subjugation. It grew out of crises in Greece and Turkey and signaled a shift from isolation to active containment of Soviet influence, establishing a precedent that the United States would intervene to prevent the spread of communism by supporting governments and movements resisting subversion or aggression. In contrast, the broader Containment Policy describes the overall strategy, the Domino Theory warned of a chain reaction if one country fell, and the Monroe Doctrine addresses European intervention in the Western Hemisphere in an earlier era. Therefore, the Truman Doctrine is the statement that matches the description.