PLEASE PLEASE HELPWhat was the reaction to the Sputnik launch by much of the American population? a
A. Friendly toward the USSR as the two countries grew closer
B. Angered at the use of government money
a
C. Impressed by their governments scientific superiority
a
D. Shock over seeing how technologically advanced the USSR was

How did the church gain secular power? a) monks forced massive numbers of people to convert through fear of punishment. b) the church issued interdicts, laws passed by the church regardless of secular law. c) the church's power to deny the sacraments gave the church power over christians. d) canon law established secular courts under the control of the church.