Why were american citizens so anxious or fearful during the years of the cold war? a. american citizens were afraid that that soviet union might engage the united states in a nuclear was.
b. Having seen the devastation that came out of the Great Depression, American’s feared the impact of the Soviet economy.
c. American citizens did not trust the nature of communism, and were afraid the United States would adopt a communist government..
d. The leaders of the United States worked hard to make citizens afraid of communism so that they would accept capitalism.