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Why did President Eisenhower persuade Congress to appropriate additional money for college scholarships and university research in 1958

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To overcome a perceived gap in science and technology with the Soviet Union

When the Soviet Union launched the world's first satellite in 1957, the startled United States went into high gear to catch up in the Cold War space competition. Alarmed that the United States was falling behind in science and technology, Eisenhower persuaded Congress to appropriate additional money for college scholarships and university research.

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