FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING, 1960-1968 (in billions of dollars) Fiscal Year
National Defense
Spending
1960
48.1
1961
496
1962
523
1963
53.4
1964
548
1965
506
1956
581
1967
714
1968
819
The spending trend in the table most directly reflects which goal of the federal government during the Cold War?

To alleviate poverty within the United States
Domestic social programs require adequate funding
Spending on the public good should be shared with state governments
To be prepared to defend the US against communism