COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to stop building nuclear weapons.
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The two superpowers began to work together to put the first man on the moon.
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The U.S. increased its focus on math and science in American schools.
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The U.S. immediately launched a bigger and faster satellite into space.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The response from the U.S. federal government was swift. In 1958, just a year after Sputnik, Congress passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA), a $1-billion spending package to bolster high-quality teaching and learning in science, mathematics and foreign languages.
Detailed explanation-2: -The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first. The fact that the Soviets were successful fed fears that the U.S. military had generally fallen behind in developing new technology.
Detailed explanation-3: -In response to perceptions of Soviet technological success, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established on October 1, 1958 as the primary federal agency responsible for aerospace research and the civilian space program.
Detailed explanation-4: -it is true, as those who follow the politics of the space race know, that the national Defense education act of 958 (the reaction to Sputnik) increased the amount of science and math being taught and led to some interesting curriculum studies and reform, especially in elite schools.