What was the primary goal of the strategic defense initiative? a. to allow the united states to completely destroy the soviet union with nuclear weapons b. to improve u. s military technology and pressure the soviet union to improve its military technology. c. to punish eastern european countries for continuing to support the soviet union. d. to reduce tensions between the united states and the most powerful communist states.

  The correct answer is :  B. To improve U.S military technology and pressure of the Soviet Union to improve its military technology.

Explanation:  The strategic defense initiative was proposed by Ronald Reagan in 1983, this program also received the name of Star Wars. The main objective of the strategic defense initiative was to create a defense against a Soviet attack with ballistic weapons.

the question is asking about the things that may have affected and what they effects had on the spanish conquest and settlement of america

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7 - to develop an asian ally

11- the red scare

14   the power of military -industrial complex

17 - the economy grew quickly

24 - the separation of church and state was not important