Question 108: Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War?

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• Soviet Union
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• USSR
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• Russia
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After World War II, the U.S. and the Soviet Union (led by Russia) competed for decades without fighting head-on.

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• Japan
• Great Britain (England)
• France

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