What was the stated purpose of the U. S. policy of containment?
A.
to isolate the United States from world affairs
B.
to prevent further expansion of communism
C.
to claim new territories for the United States
D.
to create peaceful alternatives to war

Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam

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the secretary of state, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the senate, is the president's chief foreign affairs adviser. the secretary carries out the president's foreign policies through the state department and the foreign service of the united states.