Look at the graph. A graph titled U S Defense Spending, 1946 to 1969 shows years on the horizontal axis and Millions of Dollars on the vertical axis. The graph shows an upward trend of spending. Based on the graph, defense spending in the United States decreased when the United States focused on the Vietnam War. decreased as more nuclear weapons were stockpiled. increased in the years immediately after World War II. increased during the arms race against the USSR.

Increased during the arms race against the USSR.

Explanation:

Based on the graph, defense spending in the United States decreased when the United States focused on the Vietnam War but Increased during the arms race against the USSR. During the Cold War, the United States and the USSR were at log head for supremacy in which arms race meant that both countries were spending more money on developing weapons. This leads to increase in spending

c) they were beaten and fired from their jobs.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.