2008 test · Question 83 of 100
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
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- Communism
Our explanation
After World War II, the U.S. and the Soviet Union (led by Russia) did not trust each other. This was the Cold War. The U.S. wanted to stop communism from spreading. In communism, the government plans the economy.
Remember it
The Soviet Union was communist, so the U.S. feared communism would spread.
Source
USCIS 2025 Study Guide (M-1175) p. 65: Russia and the countries it controlled “were called the Soviet Union”; they and the U.S. “did not trust each other”; “the main concern … was the spread of communism”; in communism “the government plans the economy.”
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