Question

How did the announcement shown in this image affect the United States?

a. It led to public calls for a rapid expansion of the military and arms to be ready for a war now seen as inevitable.
b. It increased the buildup of weapons as part of national security, but this would later lead to public fear of nuclear war.
c. It had little overall effect as neither the public nor government officials feared that their power was threatened.
d. It generated a massive manhunt for Communist spies thought to be responsible for a leak of technological information.

Answer 1

b.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

It would be D. How did the Soviets come up with the atomic bomb that took the United States decades to create? Americans feared the that soviet spies were infiltrating the government and hunted down potential traitors of the United State with leaked information about nuclear technology reaching the Soviet Union.