Question

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read the following excerpt from this speech by president eisenhower
\you have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.\
— president dwight d. eisenhower, speech at press conference, april 7, 1954

what conclusion can be drawn about president eisenhower’s beliefs from this quotation?

a. he believed that, like dominoes, the united nations would fall due to strict containment policies
b. he believed that communism would fall like a set of dominoes once communist countries were defeated
c. he believed communism would expand through communist takeovers like an aligned row of dominoes
d. he believed that, through takeovers, the soviet union would fall like a set of dominoes

Explanation:

The "domino theory" by Eisenhower suggested that if one country fell to communism, neighboring ones would follow, like dominoes. Option A is wrong as it's about UN and containment. Option B is incorrect as it's about communism falling, but the theory was about expansion. Option D is wrong as it's about Soviet Union falling, while the theory was about communist expansion. Option C matches the domino theory idea of communist takeovers leading to expansion.

Answer:

C. He believed communism would expand through communist takeovers like an aligned row of dominoes