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-The post-World War II foreign policy strategy that committed the United States to resisting the influence and expansion of the Soviet Union and communism. The strategy shaped American foreign policy throughout the Cold War.

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Containment was the post-World War II foreign policy strategy that committed the United States to resisting the influence and expansion of the Soviet Union and communism.

Answer: B
 The Cold War was the political, economic, and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, which lasted from the end of World War II until the early 1990s.

Answer: L
 The Truman Doctrine was President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism, specifically Greece and Turkey, and was the first significant application of containment.

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