THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
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The Interstate Highway System resulted in
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development of new suburbs further from the city.
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inner city infrastructure development.
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the deterioration of the military industrial complex.
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increase in railroad travel.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -“Small towns that were bypassed by the highways withered and died, ” writes Brandon Keim for Wired. “New towns flourished around exits. Fast food and motel franchises replaced small businesses.” At the same time, the interstates made travel in and out of American cities simpler, speeding the growth of the suburbs.
Detailed explanation-2: -They were intended to serve several purposes: eliminate traffic congestion; replace what one highway advocate called “undesirable slum areas” with pristine ribbons of concrete; make coast-to-coast transportation more efficient; and make it easy to get out of big cities in case of an atomic attack.
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