POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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proved that the USSR was behind the US in the Space Race
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caused more emphasis on math and science education in the US
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resulted in a better relationship between the USSR and US
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resulted in the federal government cutting back education spending
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Detailed explanation-1: -The fact that the Soviets were successful fed fears that the U.S. military had generally fallen behind in developing new technology. As a result, the launch of Sputnik served to intensify the arms race and raise Cold War tensions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Though Sputnik was a relatively simple satellite compared with the more complex machines to follow, its beeping signal from space galvanized the United States to enact reforms in science and engineering education so that the nation could regain technological ground it appeared to have lost to its Soviet rival.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1 changed that. In the first half of the 20th century, U.S. educators shunned homework. The Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1 changed that. Middle-schoolers who trudge home each day with a 50-pound backpack and hours of homework would have had an easier time in 1901.