MC) How did the Soviet development of atomic weapons affect domestic politics in the United States? It led to a huge increase in defense spending. It increased the popularity of Dwight Eisenhower. It prevented Congress from cutting foreign aid spending. It fed fears about communist infiltration of the government.

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Roland Walters

12 December, 14:07

MC) How did the Soviet development of atomic weapons affect domestic politics in the United States? It led to a huge increase in defense spending. It increased the popularity of Dwight Eisenhower. It prevented Congress from cutting foreign aid spending. It fed fears about communist infiltration of the government.

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Timothy Browning · Answer 1

The correct answer is A) it led to a huge increase in defense spending.

The Soviet Union development of nuclear weapons affected domestic politics in the US in that it led to a huge increase in defense spending.

The United States was slow to rearm its armed forces in the late 1940s, to modernize its weaponry. The situation changed during the Korea Wartime and the United was well prepared to support South Korea, The USSR continue to develop nuclear weapons and the US increased its spending in defense. One of the critical moments in this arm raced during the Cold War occurred in October 1962, with the Cuban Missile Crisis. At that moment, the world was on the brink of another World War.