Eisenhower's hopes for U.S-Soviet reconciliation were encouraged by:
A) Stalin's death and the emergence of Khrushchev.
B) the Soviet launch of Sputnik.
C) an American U-2 plane shot down over the Soviet Union.
D) U.S. intervention in the East Berlin uprising.
Answer: C
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