Refer to the passage. Which of the following best describes how the Soviet
Union responded to the Truman Doctrine?
"The peoples of a number of countries of the world
have recently had totalitarian regimes forced upon
them against their will. The Government of the United
States has made frequent protests against coercion
and intimidation, in violation of the Yalta agreement, in
Poland, Rumania, and Bulgaria. I must also state that
in a number of other countries there have been similar
developments.
At the present moment in world history nearly every
nation must choose between alternative ways of life.
The choice is too often not a free one.
It continued to cultivate communist revolutions
throughout the world.
It appealed to the United Nations to mediate
conflicts with the United States.
It eventually consented to the free elections
previously agreed to in Yalta.
It created a policy of containment to stop the sprea
of capitalism
One way of life is based upon the will of the majority,
and is distinguished by free institutions, representative
government, free elections, guarantees of individual
liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom
from political oppression.