Read the passage.
One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, (and) guarantees of individual liberty…
The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon … fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms.
I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
– Harry S. Truman (1947)
Which describes the position that President Truman believed the United States should take when dealing with the spread of totalitarian regimes?
The duty of the United States is to remain neutral in the face of growing foreign pressure.
The US policy should be determined based on economic incentives rather than geopolitical ideologies.
The United States needs to send nuclear weapons to democratic countries as a veiled threat.
The United States should aid the will of the majority in overcoming foreign influence.
Is it the last one?
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