THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Congress provided funding for math education
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Congress provided funding for science education
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Marked the beginning of the space race
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The success of Sputnik had a major impact on the Cold War and the United States. Fear that they had fallen behind led U.S. policymakers to accelerate space and weapons programs.
Detailed explanation-2: -The launch and orbit of Sputnik 1 suggested that the Soviet Union had made a substantial leap forward in technology, which was interpreted as a serious threat to US national security, which spurred the US to make considerable federal investments in research and development, education, and national security.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sputnik caused hysteria among Americans, who had relaxed into believing that they were technologically superior to the communists. If a Soviet satellite could fly over US skies, then surely Soviet nuclear missiles could unleash fury on US soil.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.