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Which of the following real world events influenced science fiction in the 1950s?

a. the prosperity of the American postwar economy
b. a decrease in the United States gross domestic product
c. growing problems between United States and Britain after the war
d. increasing tensions in the Cold War and fear surrounding the spread of communism

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It would be mostly "d. increasing tensions in the Cold War and fear surrounding the spread of communism," since this held great implications for science--especially space programs and weaponry.
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