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Which action best illustrates the Cold War policy

of containment?

(1) participating in the Nuremberg trials

(2) creating the North Atlantic Treaty

Organization (NATO)

(3) encouraging scientific cooperation between

the Allies

(4) recognizing the state of Israel in 1948

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MrDonovan

The correct answer is 2) creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.


The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created by the United States after World War II. Post World War II brought on a competition between the US and Soviet Union for global influence and power. In this competition, the US wanted to stop the spread of communism (aka containment). This was a goal of the federal government because the US feared that if communism spread to one country, that it would continue to spread to neighboring countries. This is what the government called the domino effect.


To prevent this domino effect, the US created NATO as a means to organize their European allies against the spread of communism.

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Answer:

(2) creating the North Atlantic Treaty  Organization (NATO)

Explanation:

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, also called the Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance governed by the North Atlantic Treaty or the Washington Treaty, signed on April 4, 1949. The organization constitutes a collective defense system, in which member states agree to defend any of its members if they are attacked by an external power.

In its early years, NATO was not much more than a political association. However, the Korean War led to the establishment of a permanent coalition. Then a military structure was created under the direction of the US commanders. The Cold War led the rival nations to create the Warsaw Pact in 1955.

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