The united states prevented an election in south vietnam because:
a. a communist would likely win.
b. vietnam was not ready for democracy.
c. the vietnamese people did not want elections.
d. polling places were unsafe.

The United States prevented an election in South Vietnam because: A Communist would likely win.

Explanation:

The elections were being held to reunite the north and south Vietnam. The North was under the communist regime while the south was under the capitalist. USA feared that the Vietnamese would vote to unite under the communist leader of the North.

The correct answer is A) A Communist would likely win.

The United States prevented an election in South Vietnam because a  Communist would likely win.

Let's have in mind the following. During that time of the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union tried to spread Communism in many places around the globe. That is why the United States tried to apply the foreign policy of containment to stop it. Those were the Cold War years in which the USSR and the US confronted many times in the arms race and the spread.containment of Communism. In the Vietnam War, the USSR supported the Viet Cong in North Vietnam, and the US supported South Vietnam

a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.

a more perfect union: the creation of the u.s. constitution. the vote was unanimous. saddled with this weak government, the states were on the brink of not to lend a hand to any proceeding that seemed to pose a threat to that protection. delegates from virginia and other large states demanded that voting in