THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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National Defense Education Act
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Interstate Highway Act
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Federal Civil Defense Admin
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Vanguard
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Detailed explanation-1: -The National Defense Education Act of 1958 became one of the most successful legislative initiatives in higher education. It established the legitimacy of federal funding of higher education and made substantial funds available for low-cost student loans, boosting public and private colleges and universities.
Detailed explanation-2: -NDEA was among many science initiatives implemented by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 to increase the technological sophistication and power of the United States alongside, for instance, DARPA and NASA.
Detailed explanation-3: -The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 provoked national anxiety about a loss of U.S. technical superiority and led to immediate efforts to expand U.S. R&D, science and engineering education, and technology deployment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The National Defense Act, ratified by Congress in May 1916 and signed by Wilson on June 3, brought the states’ militias more under federal control and gave the president authority, in case of war or national emergency, to mobilize the National Guard for the duration of the emergency.