!  its not really college level its more 10th grade but ! i need !   the united states should have never participated in the cold war. global communism would have died out on its own since most people around the world did not support communist governments. which statement best represents a counterclaim to the claim made in this passage? a. the u. s. government spent billions of dollars fighting communism during the cold war. b. communism is an economic philosophy that calls for collective ownership of property. c. communist groups often seized control over countries through unpopular and violent means. d. the united states failed to stop the spread of communism during the vietnam war.

The correct answer is C) Communist groups often seized control over countries through unpopular and violent means.

The statement that best represents a counterclaim to the claim made in this passage is "Communist groups often seized control over countries through unpopular and violent means."

The counterclaim is a claim that responds to the original claim stated. It gives you the opportunity to give your point of view.

In this case, the best counterclaim is the "Communist groups often seized control over countries through unpopular and violent means." Because if the United States wouldn't have intervened to stop the spread of Communism during the Cold War, the Soviet Union may have been invading and imposing Communism through the use of the force or violent means. If not the United States, who was going to stop the USSR spread of Communism?

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