4. Why did many Americans fear the Soviet Union?
A. They feared that the Soviet Union would take power in the United States.
B. They feared that the United States would do what the Soviet Union wanted.
C. They feared that the Soviet Union would destroy the American economy.
D. They feared that the United States would become the only superpower.

Among the options shown here:

A. They feared that the Soviet Union would take power in the United States.

Explanation:

Fears of communist rising influence in the USA existed since the beginning of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Violence and harsh methods used by the Bolsheviks inspired feared and rejection among Americans. After the First World War, the US saw a social and political phenomenon known as the Red Scare. When the Cold War started, fears of communist penetration and influence spread, as the global rivalry with the Soviet Union evolved. Many leftists and liberals were suspected of being Soviet spies. It was another Red Scare. In the 1950s, senator Joseph McCarthy led a campaign to find Soviet spies or sympathizers that had a long impact in American politics.

the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

explanation:

d. it gave farmers a way to organize for more political power