Why Did Truman Ask His Advisers for a Full Reevaluation

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why did Truman ask his advisers for a full reevaluation of the nation's foreign policy in 1949?

• A) He fundamentally disagreed with Roosevelt's views.
• B) The U.S. and Britain had broken off their alliance.
• C) The Soviet Union had acquired nuclear weapons.
• D) War had broken out in North Africa and the Middle East.

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