Question

While researching a history paper, you see a graph that shows federal spending on defense in the past 200 years. You notice that federal spending throughout the late 1900s shows much more spending on defense than in previous decades. What development most likely caused this sustained increase in US peacetime defense spending?

A) Cold War
B) World War I
C) Vietnam War
D) Korean War

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 can you please help

Answer 2

keyword: peacetime

Answer 3

one of those "wars" listed above wasn't actually a war

Answer 4

C

U.S. defense spending (adjusted for general inflation) is now about 60 percent higher than it was in 1978 (and about 20 percent higher than it was in 1968, the peak spending year during the Vietnam War).(1) The buildup from 1979 to 1987 was the

largest and longest peacetime increase in real defense spending in U.S. history. At the current real spending level, however, several important elements of the nation's military force are projected to be smaller or more vulnerable in 1990 than they were in 1978.

Answer 5

Ok, so if one of the wars isn't a "war", would that be the Cold War? @jim_thompson5910

Answer 6

And @Kfsv10 it's C? This for a pretest in Plato lol.

Answer 7

Yes... here is more info http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa110.html

Answer 8

Thank you :) @Kfsv10