Democrats scorched the Republican administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower for allowing the United States to fall so far behind the communists. Eisenhower responded by speeding up the U.S. space program, which resulted in the launching of the satellite Explorer I on January 31, 1958. The “space race” had begun.
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I believe it was a cow not sure though mb
Lincoln wanted to bring the south back into the union as quickly as possible, because he knew that a house divided "could not stand". He didn't want to punish the South like many other Republicans.