Introduction A.Attention grabber a.Cold war information (time, reason,how) b.Competition between 2 largest countries c.Space race in the cold war (why,what,goal) B. Background (60’s) C.Thesis statement (What,3 reasons/areas, impact) a.Exciting,but scary time (atmosphere) b.Cold war/space race (reason and impact on countries) C.3 reasons why it’s important The space race was a very exciting and scary time in the cold war where the U.S. and the USSR were competing with
Union, and the United States. Lack of agreement and compromise with the Soviet Union about the agreement of Germany led to the beginning of the Cold War. U.S and USSR became focus in an Arms Race to have the greatest nuclear capability. This lead to the Space Race where another heated competition to whoever get to the moon first and to have the best space technology. Focusing to the whole world U.S reasoned that if one country came under the influence of communism, then the
Russia launched Sputnik, a satellite to orbit the earth, into outer space on October 4th, 1957. With tensions already running high in the Cold War, Americans panicked at the thought of the Russians building space and nuclear energy, fearing it could be used on them. The conflict now called the Space Race resulted in Americans creating NASA and pushing the sciences in school. Well before Russia thought about launching Sputnik into space, there had been quite a bit of tension between America and the Soviet
the second World War in 1945, there remained only two superpower countries: the United States and the Soviet Union. The vast differences between the two countries sparked hostility and distrust between the nations that had lasted since the Russian Revolution. This period, known as the Cold War, lasted for around 45 years. Although there was not much physical fighting going on, the conflict continued for many years because of a series of misunderstandings regarding the Space Race, the rule of Eastern
The Cold War Era Works Cited Missing The late 1940s to the mid 1980s the American society saw what could quite possibly be titled the biggest technological effect on society. This era, The Cold War, was a period in which fear of attack or invasion and a need to be superior reigned in the American society. It led to the development of space technology, during the Space Race, communication systems, and military technology in what has been appropriately deemed the Arms Race. On October
Economic Impacts of the Space Race By: Kimia The space race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union that occurred during the Cold War. They competed for dominance in space technology and spaceflight, which spurred many significant inventions and events. Some of these inventions and events include the first-ever landing on the moon, the first artificial satellite to be launched into the Earth’s orbit, the establishment of NASA, the invention of the microprocessor
The Space Race during the Cold War During the Cold War, the United States and Russia had a severe space race between one another. Every time one country would be a step ahead of the other, and somehow one of the countries would catch up to the more advanced country at the time. During the early years of the space race, success was measured by what nation did what first: To the alarm of the United States, each of the early adventures were achieved by the Soviet Union. And all of those events triggered
The Space Race There are a few things that little boys love more than anything else and among those are dinosaurs, racecars, and rocket ships. Plenty of kids have dreams of being an astronaut when they grow up, and are influenced by cartoon characters like Gru trying to steal the moon in Despicable Me, or the Octonauts on Disney Junior. However, these ideas and images had to have a beginning somewhere within history, and those origins are known as the space race. This technological rivalry took
A war doesn’t technically require any physical weapons to fight. During the time 1947-1991 a lot of military tension and ideological conflicts took place. The causes of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union were the mutual distrust that had taken place is World War II. They differed in views of political and economic principles and were wanting to spread their ideologies to other countries. A Cold War is classified as a state of political hostility between two countries characterized by
The Cold War was a massive global conflict that occurred shortly after the conclusion of World War II between the late 1940s to the mid 1990s. Former Allies during World War II, the U.S and USSR were now formidable enemies. Tension had built up between the two nations because of the United States’ anti-Communist ideals and the Soviets being unrecognized as a part of the international community. A nuclear arms race was surfacing between the two nations when the Soviets built their first atomic bomb