United StatesQuestion 83 (2008 list) · Recent American history

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

  1. aTerrorism
  2. bSlavery
  3. cCommunismCorrect answer
  4. dMonarchy

Why?

During the Cold War, the main concern of the United States was communism. The Cold War was a long conflict with the Soviet Union, from the late 1940s until 1991.

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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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