The launch of Sputnik in 1957 was important because most in the U.S. had not thought the Soviets were capable of producing satellite technology. This was also important because it was start of the Space Race between Russia and the United States.
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World War II was a shock to the world. After the sequence of blood shed in the first half of the century, the ideal was now to preserve some peace. The division of the world into two poles, however, ensured the continuation of regional conflicts: Korea, Vietnam, for example. US and USSR financed these conflicts. Peace, however, would have to be guaranteed by the newly created UN, by international alliances and by the financial assistance of the powers to rebuild the destroyed countries.</span>
D. all of the above: The U.S. created a naval blockade that prohibited Soviet ships fromentering or leaving waters near Cuba; President John F. Kennedy communicated with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev; and t<span>he U.S. dismantled its missiles located in Turkey.
</span><span>C. Communism spread through Eastern Europe, dividing the continent.</span>
The answer b is the correct answer choice
I think France's primary interest was to find gold.