WORLD HISTORY

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The launch of Sputnik spurred the Space Race, which was a Cold War competition between America and Russia to lead space exploration. As part of the Space Race, STEM Education was given more funds and became a focus in schools, starting with the 1958 National Defense Education Act, or NDEA.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sputnik’s launch stunned the world and changed it, too. It heralded in dramatic fashion a new “space age, ” created an identity crisis in the United States, led to the creation of NASA and began a flurried race between the world’s two superpowers to place a human on the moon.