How did the success of Sputnik most affect Washington’s economy? -It caused Washington to abandon its aerospace industry and get out of the space race.
-It helped Washington’s economy because there was more federal spending on science and technology.
-It encouraged Washington to diversify its economy by halting the growth of agricultural products.
-It helped Washington’s economy because the state decided to form alliances and trade with other countries.

equal pay act of 1963. the equal pay act, signed in to law by president john f. kennedy on june 10, 1963, was one of the first federal anti-discrimination laws that addressed wage differences based on gender. they felt that this would prevent employers from undercutting future wages for men.

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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