HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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allowedthe Soviets to place missiles in Turkey
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revealedthat the Soviets had nuclear weapons
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appeared that the United States had failed to keepup in scientific achievement
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confirmedthe United States use of U-2 spy planes
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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: -America responded to the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 by increasing science education in the US, and making sure that the Space Program was sped up, in order to beat the USSR in the “Space Race". They also launched the program to put a man on the moon.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the United States react to the Soviet Union’s successful launch of Sputnik in 1957? It passed legislation providing support for students in math, foreign languages, science, and technology. Which of the following describes higher education in the United States between 1940 and 1960?
Detailed explanation-4: -Officially, Sputnik was launched to correspond with the International Geophysical Year, a solar period that the International Council of Scientific Unions declared would be ideal for the launching of artificial satellites to study Earth and the solar system.