The 1958 National Defense Education Act Was Passed in Response

question 21

Multiple Choice

The 1958 National Defense Education Act was passed in response to ___________________.

• A) an alarming decline in the literacy rate of army draftees
• B) the launching of the first earth-orbiting satellite by Russia
• C) the growing problem of juvenile delinquency
• D) the decline in American exports to the world market

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