🇺🇸ap us history review

Containment

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A U.S. foreign policy strategy aimed at limiting the expansion of Soviet Communist power and influence globally through diplomatic, economic, and military means.

AP course connection

Topic 8.3: 8.3 The Red Scare

Unit 8