Questions: The US policy of containment during the Cold War related to keeping
a. rogue countries like North Korea from developing nuclear weapons
b. communism from spreading
c. oil prices from rising
d. terrorism from spreading
Transcript text: The US policy of containment during the Cold War related to keeping
a. rogue countries like North Korea from developing nuclear weapons
b. communism from spreading
c. oil prices from rising
d. terrorism from spreading
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Understand Containment Policy
The US policy of containment during the Cold War was primarily aimed at stopping the spread of communism. This involved various strategies, including military alliances, economic aid, and proxy wars.
Step 2: Analyze Options
a. Keeping rogue countries from developing nuclear weapons was a concern, but not the central focus of containment. Containment was specifically about communism.
b. This is the core of containment policy.
c. Oil prices were a factor in Cold War politics, but not the direct target of containment.
d. Terrorism was not the primary focus during the Cold War era.