Type the correct answer in the box. Spell the word correctly. In the 1800s, European nations looked to control other countries in part to expand trade networks and establish global military bases. This
policy was known as ______

The answer is Colonization

The Truman Doctrine focused on the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.