The passage is from President Harry Truman’s explanation of the Truman Doctrine. Totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples, by direct or indirect aggression, undermine the foundations of international peace and hence the security of the United States. . . .

If we falter in our leadership, we may endanger the peace of the world.

–President Harry Truman,
March 12, 1947

Based on the passage, which statement best explains Truman’s position?

The world needed to resist taking action against totalitarian regimes.
Countries needed to promote peace by joining the United Nations.
The United States needed to lead the fight against the spread of communism.
The United Nations needed to take action to protect peace in the world.

Ineed with this unit test 1. japan became a peaceful democratic nation relatively quickly after the end of world war 11 which step is not part of it post-war transformation -adopting a new constitution -disarming most of the military -giving women rights to vote -giving the emperor more political power 2. why did mao start the cultural revolution? -he thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view of communism -he wanted to speed up change and eliminate western, capitalist influence-he wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism -he wanted to restore traditional chinese culture 3. what launched the korean war? -general macarthur led an invasion of north korea -north koreans, with stalin's approval, invaded south korea -south koreans tried to capture the government in p'yongyang-chairman mao urged the south koreans to invade north korea