What did the Truman Doctrine promise?
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Correct answer: U.S. support for free peoples resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures
The Truman Doctrine announced that the United States would support nations resisting communist pressure. It was first applied to aid Greece and Turkey in 1947.
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