"The Kremlin [Soviet Union] is trying, and has been trying for a long time, to drive a wedge between us and the other nations. It wants to see us isolated. It
wants to see us distrusted. It wants to see us feared and hated by our allies. Our
allies agree with us in the course we are following. They do not believe we
should take the initiative to widen the conflict in the Far East. If the United
States were to widen the conflict, we might well have to go it alone."
-Harry Truman to the Civil Defense Conference, May 7, 1951
Based on the excerpt, what was Truman's concern if he chose to go
beyond the containment of communism in Korea?
A) The Allies would lose a war to China & Soviet Union.
B) The United Nations would ban the United States from membership.
C) Korea would became a communist nation.
D) The United States would have to fight the war with no allies.
C Students choose an option
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