Question

during the cold war, what was the soviet unions main objective in engaging in proxy wars against the united states?
○ to free colonial countries
○ to empower developing nations
○ to spread communism
○ to end democracy

Explanation:

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the US were in a ideological conflict. The Soviet Union aimed to spread communism, as proxy wars were part of the struggle to expand communist influence against the US - led capitalist bloc. Freeing colonial countries was more about de - colonization movements not mainly Soviet - driven for that purpose, empowering developing nations was not the primary goal, and ending democracy was not the main objective (it was about spreading communism).

Answer:

C. to spread communism