What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

To keep communism from spreading into more countries

To find a peaceful solution to the Korean conflict

To provide jobs for American servicemen after World War II

To overthrow the government of communist China

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The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to ...

To keep communism from spreading into more countries

After World War II, the fear of communism spreading to other countries overtook America and as a result, president Harry Truman announced the Truman Doctrine; a doctrine that declared that any countries that were under threat from any external or internal authoritarian forces would be provided with political, military, and economic aid if needed.

The first one is the correct answer. it was named after a male named Truman who didn't like communism.