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The correct answer is A. The fact that communism was spreading and threatening government stability began to shape the debate over foreign policy in the 1960s. This situation led to the development of the domino theory and the adoption of the Johnson Doctrine as the main foreign policy rule in the United States.
The doctrine meant that the United States of America appropriated the right to carry out armed intervention in the internal affairs of the states of the Western Hemisphere (and subsequently of any countries in the Asia-Pacific region) to protect the interests of its citizens. The doctrine was aimed at preventing the coming to power of communist or socialist parties (even if their coming was done in a democratic way and with the support of the majority of the population of a sovereign country).
After the War of 1812, Americans A "gained a renewed sense of pride in their country." There were no territorial gains in the war, however it solidified Americas ability to hold off the British, and therefore increased national pride.
Answer: They helped him by building the empires in the way that he meant it to be built.
