What was the major impact of the launch of Sputnik I on the United States? O The US withdrew from the space race because it couldn't beat the Soviets.
O The US took steps to catch up and surpass the Soviets in the space race.
O The US founded NASA to fund math and science education.
O The US focused all of its attention on destroying the Soviet's satellite,

Its B

Explanation: The succesful launch of Sputnik forced the United States to catch up and put a man on the moon to win the space race.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.