How did the launch of Sputnik affect the American public? It prompted Congress to investigate communist infiltration in the federal government. It made many Americans realize that communism was not an inferior economic system. It raised fears that the Soviet Union could drop a nuclear bomb directly on the United States. It showed that the U. S. S. R was more interested in scientific development than in an arms race

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How did the launch of Sputnik affect the American public? It prompted Congress to investigate communist infiltration in the federal government. It made many Americans realize that communism was not an inferior economic system. It raised fears that the Soviet Union could drop a nuclear bomb directly on the United States. It showed that the U. S. S. R was more interested in scientific development than in an arms race

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Siena Hampton · Answer 1

The launching of the Russian satellite "Sputkik" was a major even in the Cold War and sparked the "space race". " It raised fears that the Soviet Union could drop a nuclear bomb directly on the United States" would be the best answer.