A criticism of President Reagan’s economic policies during the 1980s was that his policies helped only the wealthy.
lowered the national debt.
lowered federal spending.
helped social programs.

After the success of the sputnik launch, the united states feared that they would never be able to launch their own satellite, the ussr had used technology developed by the united states, the soviets had superior nuclear capabilities, that any future us satellites would not be as successful.