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During the Cold War, the United States adopted a foreign policy strategy known as "containment." What was the main goal of this policy?

A To aggressively spread democracy to all communist nations.
B To prevent the spread of communism beyond its existing borders.
C To establish an isolationist foreign policy.
D To dismantle existing communist governments through military force.

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Containment was the U.S. Cold War policy aimed at preventing the expansion of Soviet communist influence and ideology into new countries, rather than direct confrontation or aggressive spread of democracy.

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