2025 civics test · Question 109 · Recent American History
During the Cold War, what was one main concern of the United States?
Any one of these answers is accepted
- Communism
- Nuclear war
What this means
During the Cold War, the main concern of the United States was communism.
The United States worried about the spread of communism, the political and economic system of the Soviet Union, to other countries. On the 2025 test, nuclear war is also accepted, since both sides had built up huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons and feared they might be used.
Both tests ask this the same way. Answer: communism (or, for 2025, the fear of nuclear war).
Why this is on the test
This question asks what worried the United States most during the Cold War, and both tests point to the same central fear.
How this question is asked
On the 2025 civics test, the officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions out loud and you pass by answering 12 correctly. You answer in your own words. There is no multiple choice and nothing to write down for the civics portion.
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