The launch of Sputnik I and Sputnik II by the Soviet Union in 1957 led the United States to - form and alliance with communist China
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reduce its defense spending
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reinstate the military draft
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accelerate its space program

The launch of Sputnik 1 shocked many Americans, who had assumed that their country was technologically ahead of the Soviet Union, and led to the “space race” between the two countries.

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to reform the distraught soviet union, the democratization of the communist party was promoted through party secretary mikhail gorbachev's policies of “perestroika” and “glasnost.” perestroika refers to the reconstruction of the political and economic system established by the communist party.