A number of events led the United States to adopt a policy of containment after World War II. Which of the following was NOT one of those events? Group of answer choices A telegram from the U.S. embassy in Moscow arguing that the Soviet Union had a tradition of expansionism. The influence of defense contractors, who lobbied Congress for increased defense expenditures in order to prevent the loss of jobs in the defense industry, which could lead to another depression. The growing influence of leftist political parties and movements in Western Europe. The Soviet Union’s failure to keep its promise to allow free elections in areas that it had occupied militarily during World War II.

A number of events led the United States to adopt a policy of containment after World War II. Which of the following was NOT one of those events? Group of answer choices A telegram from the U.S. embassy in Moscow arguing that the Soviet Union had a tradition of expansionism. The influence of defense contractors, who lobbied Congress for increased defense expenditures in order to prevent the loss of jobs in the defense industry, which could lead to another depression. The growing influence of leftist political parties and movements in Western Europe. The Soviet Union’s failure to keep its promise to allow free elections in areas that it had occupied militarily during World War II.