As President Truman looked for a way to prevent war with the Chinese, MacArthur did all he could to provoke it. In March 1951, MacArthur sent a letter to Joseph Martin, a Republican leader in Congress, who leaked the letter to the press. “There is,” MacArthur wrote, “no substitute for victory" against international communism. How does the last sentence of the paragraph contribute to the MAIN idea of the article? A It helps explain why President Truman chose General MacArthur as a leader in the Korean War. B It reflects how Congress felt about continuing the Korean War until victory was achieved. C It reinforces the idea that the U.S. entered the war in Korea to stop the spread of communism. D It describes how General MacArthur was affected when the press published a letter he wrote.

As President Truman looked for a way to prevent war with the Chinese, MacArthur did all he could to provoke it. In March 1951, MacArthur sent a letter to Joseph Martin, a Republican leader in Congress, who leaked the letter to the press. “There is,” MacArthur wrote, “no substitute for victory" against international communism. How does the last sentence of the paragraph contribute to the MAIN idea of the article? A It helps explain why President Truman chose General MacArthur as a leader in the Korean War. B It reflects how Congress felt about continuing the Korean War until victory was achieved. C It reinforces the idea that the U.S. entered the war in Korea to stop the spread of communism. D It describes how General MacArthur was affected when the press published a letter he wrote.