The Fundamental Idea of the Containment Doctrine, Embraced by President

question 57

Multiple Choice

The fundamental idea of the containment doctrine, embraced by President Truman, was

• A) the Soviet Union should be gradually forced to give up its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
• B) the Soviet Union should be prevented from trading with nations in Africa and Asia.
• C) the West and the Soviet Union should seek to contain the spread of nuclear weapons.
• D) Soviet communist expansion in regions of the world should be blocked by firm political, economic, military, and diplomatic defense of free peoples and nations by America.
• E) military competition between the West and the Soviets should be replaced by economic competition.

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Definitions:

Postganglionic Fibers

Nerve fibers that transmit signals from a ganglion in the autonomic nervous system to the target organ.

Lateral Horn

A region in the spinal cord that contains nerve cells contributing to the autonomic nervous system.

Autonomic Ganglia

Ganglia containing the nerve cell bodies of the autonomic division of the nervous system.

Ganglionic Synapse

A junction between neurons in a ganglion, where neurotransmission occurs.