North Korea’s invasion of South Korea led to a major escalation of the Cold War because __________
a. it came just as the National Security Council forecast a Soviet plan for global domination, and called for a vast increase in the military budget
b. it reminded Truman of Hitler moving into the Rhineland, leading the president to respond in a knee-jerk fashion.
c. Secretary of State Dean Acheson had suggested that the U.S. would have to respond to trouble in Korea, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff planned accordingly
d. it confirmed the worst American suspicions about Stalin’s expansionist ambitions
Answer: D
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