Which of the following was NOT an American government response to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957?
(A) Spending millions of dollars to improve American science and language education principally through the National Defense Education Act
(B) The establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
(C) The directing of billions of public dollars to missile and satellite development
(D) A sober reassessment by U.S. policymakers of
America's vaunted scientific and military superiority and dominance
(E) Passage of the Landrum-Griffin Act
Ans: (E) Passage of the Landrum-Griffin Act
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