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Marshall Plan
plan to prevent the spread of communism in Western Europe, and the second goal was to stabilize the international political order in a way that was favorable for the development of political democracy and free-market economies. -
Sputnik
became the first manmade object to reach space, launched -
U.S. technological innovations
invented the integrated circuit. -
Education
It established the legitimacy of federal funding of higher education and made substantial funds available for low-cost student loans, boosting public and private colleges and universities.