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Question 108 of 128 · American History · Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

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

Accepted answers

  • Soviet Union
  • USSR
  • Russia

Any one of these is accepted, unless the question asks for more than one.

Why this is the answer

The United States' main rival during the Cold War was the Soviet Union, also called the USSR, the group of countries that Russia controlled; all three names are accepted answers. The two had fought on the same side in World War II, but they did not trust each other, and after 1945 they became rivals: the Soviet Union was communist and controlled many neighboring countries, and the United States wanted to keep communism from spreading further. The Cold War ended in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. Memory hook: the Soviet Union, and today's Russia was its core.