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During The Race To Space Dbq

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During the "race to space" which lasted from 1957 to 1969, political, social, and economic aspects reflected the Cold War. Many political / social aspects had occurred during the space race suggesting that the Soviets may use their space technology to send Bombs Over to the United States. Most economic aspects had been about federal spending between NASA and Soviet Union. To what extent do political, social, and economic aspects reflect on the Cold War during the race to space?

Document a talks about how Sputnik was a surprise to Americans, but it probably shouldn't be. When the Soviets launched Sputnik the United States realized that they were no longer safe. This relates to political aspects that reflected the Cold War. Americans were scared which had caused a political war( Cold War). Document G is a great example of the political effect on the Cold War. If we worked together with the Soviet Union we could have gotten to space faster. America was scared that the Soviets would use satellites and technology for military purposes. Document f tells us about how the Vanguard rocket was launched and had sank back down after being launched and crashed. Document F States, "This was what were capable of, while the Russians Road the heavens.". Political aspects had tremendously affected the Cold War. …show more content…

Document e, shows Explorer 1, the first US satellite had been launched a couple months after the Soviets launched Sputnik. This was a social aspect that had a good effect on the Cold War. Document G also shows a social aspect, saying that everyone around the world has helped NASA. Document J shows a social impact on the Cold War, by showing a picture of flight controllers celebrating the success of Apollo 11 lunar Landing mission. Social aspect also had a huge effect on the Cold War and the race to

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