What did the u. s. government do in response to the launch of the soviet satellite sputnik in 1957?
a. it increased its nuclear stockpile by ten-fold.

b. it improved science education in schools and created the space program.

c. it searched the country for the greatest scientific minds and made them compete against each other.

d. it created an exchange program that sent soviet scientists to the u. s. and american scientists to the ussr to learn from each other.

one of the main reasons was definitely slavery. back in 1861, republican abraham lincoln was elected and ended up being a major influence in the slavery business. slavery greatly affected the texas economy because back in 1845 during the annexation of texas, slaves became a big part of the texas population. many texans that were in favor of the secession influenced groups through party ties.

although the crusades failed to capture jerusalem, they had several major impacts on western europe. they increased the authority of the king: sometimes nobles died in battle without leaving an heir in which case the king got their land. kings passed taxes to pay for the crusades.