Question

select the correct answer.
what was the most likely reason that many americans feared the soviet union during the second red scare in the 1950s?
a. they believed that the us educational system was teaching their children to be communists.
b. they believed that communist spies were in commanding positions in the us armed forces.
c. they believed that communist subversives were trying to overthrow the us government.
d. they believed that the us labor unions were increasingly under the influence of communists.

Explanation:

During the Second Red Scare in the 1950s, a major fear was that communist subversives were attempting to overthrow the US government. Option A is incorrect as there was no widespread belief the education system taught communism. Option B is not the main fear—while spy concerns existed, the core fear was subversion to overthrow the government. Option D, about labor unions, was a concern but not the primary reason for fearing the Soviet Union; the main fear was about the threat to the government's stability from communist subversives, which matches option C.

Answer:

C. They believed that communist subversives were trying to overthrow the US government.