By applying the strategy of containment, the united states hoped to prevent the
emergence of an economic crisis in postwar europe.
return of nazi ideas to postwar germany.
expansion of the soviet union’s influence around the world.
spread of nationalism from china to the rest of asia.

The correct answer is expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world. The strategy of containment turned then into the cold war.

d.prevent the spread of communism outside of eastern europe.

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.