Question

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The launch of Sputnik / intensified Cold War tensions and caused the -
A Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States
B) United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control
C United States to increase sending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union
D) Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

Answer 1

C United States to increase sending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union.

The launch of sputnik due to technology from nuclear testing made the US jump into the Space Race as a way to compete with the soveit union with technical efforts.