The us turned to a policy of "containment" with respect to keeping communism only where it already existed. true or false

  TRUE

Explanation:  

"During the Cold War", "containment was the fundamental strategy of the United States". This was an arrangement that was intended to avoid "the spread of communism". The methodology of "communism" is best known as a "Cold War international strategy of the United States" and its partners to avert the spread of communism after the part of "World War II".

This policy was used against a series of moves by the Soviet Union to impact different nations in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. By giving a financial guide of this sort, the US was building generosity among remote nations while additionally reinforcing their economies.

because it took place after the war of 1812 had come to an end.