Answer :
D. is the answer, but I'm not sure...
I got the answer from https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2007/10/how-sputnik-changed-u-s-education/ and it has a lot of good information.
Hopefully this helps, sorry if I get it wrong...
The US education change as a result of the Cold War conflict with the Soviet Union by funding for math and science education increased so the nation could beat the Soviets in the Space Race.
The Cold War
The scientific advance of the Soviet Union allowed America to change their education pattern.
America tried to focus now on the engineering and scientific fields.
The American government decided to restructure the curriculum for students to show interest in science and technology.
Science and technology subjects showed more interest in school and colleges, as they wanted to achieve like the Soviets.
Thus option D is the correct answer.
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