Question

The U.S. government allocated massive sums of money to math and science the 1950s in response to which of the following?

• A. The Soviet Union landing men on the moon
• B. Fidel Castro coming to power in Cuba
• C. The Soviet Union developing the world's first hydrogen bomb
• D. The Soviet satellite Sputnik successfully orbiting the earth
• E. The United States failing to produce a Nobel Prize winner in science

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The Soviet satellite Sputnik successfully orbiting the earth

The U.S. government allocated massive sums of money to math and science the 1950s in response to The Soviet satellite Sputnik successfully orbiting the earth.