Question

What accounts for the spikes in American defense spending in the 1950s?

Answer 1

It was the Korean War

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is : the korean war

Explanation: This war was an armed conflict that occurred in the Korean peninsula where Korea was divided into North Korea and South Korea. South Korea was influenced by North American capitalism and North Korea by the socialism of the Soviet Union. This war was the first armed conflict of the cold war.