United StatesQuestion 108 (2025 list) · Recent American history

Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?

  1. aThe Soviet UnionCorrect answer
  2. bGreat Britain
  3. cFrance
  4. dJapan

Why?

The Soviet Union was the main rival of the United States during the Cold War. You could also say USSR or Russia.

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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.

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