The space race was similar to the cold war arms race because both
involved:

a. the increasing power of the military-industrial complex in the
united states.

b. the soviet union and the united states struggling to outperform
one another.

c. scientific leaders exerting greater authority over international
political decisions.

d. superpowers using poor countries as proxies for their own
ideological conflict.

In shifting to a defense policy based upon the concept of "flexible response," president kennedy was indicating that he had grave doubts about thevalue of which previous defense policy? a massive retaliationb collective securityc containmentd air power

Which of the following episodes led to widespread charges that president reagan was not in adequate control? a. the u.s. retreat from lebanon after the bombing deaths of 241 u.s. marines as they lay sleeping in their barracks near beirut b. the trading of arms for hostages and the illegal funding of a right-wing insurgency in the iran-contra affair c. the sale of millions of acres of public lands to private corporations by the department of interior d. the proposal to congress, year after year, of federal budgets with huge deficits that ultimately ended up tripling the national debt

Why did students gather in tiananmen square on june 4, 1989? on june 4, 1989, students gathered in tiananmen square to mourn the death of the pro-reform leader