In 1957, Sputnik was the first rocket-launched space equipment to enter " outer space. " Unfortunately for the United States, it was the U.S.S.R. that took this huge landmark first step into the stratosphere, causing Americans to re-consider their assumed status as the world leader in all technology. A frightening question loomed: If the Russians are this far ahead of us in the " Space Race, " are we also behind in the nuclear arms race? After all, this was a large communist country whose leader had said only months before publicly to the U.S. -- " We will bury you !! "
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite ever launched into space. Because it was a Russian accomplishment, the United States immediately hurried to catch up with them. This competition was a major characteristic of the Cold War.
because people who fought the cold war hated democracy
Bosnia/Kosovo, etc. are direct results of the collapse of the USSR (they are a result of the end of the cold war).
Cuban missile crisis.
I can only guess the answer options. Things that happened in 1968 that WERE NOT related to the cold war were:Martin Luther King, Jr. AssassinationBobby Kennedy AssassinationThings happening that year that WERE related to the cold war include:The TET Offensive in VietnamThe decision by President Johnson not to run for re-electionThe March on WashingtonProtests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Cold War - 1998 Sputnik 1-8 was released on: USA: 1998
It was caused by the cold war in the 1950s as the soviets wanted to launch the sputnik.
It didnt lead to the cold war, it led to the space race. The cold war was a time of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and they were during the same time, but Sputnik 1 didnt cause the cold war.
Sputnik didn't humiliate the US; it triggered the space race and heightened Cold War tensions.
Space race 1957 not the Cold War 1946-1991
The Soviet Union The Space Race The Cold War
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite ever launched into space. Because it was a Russian accomplishment, the United States immediately hurried to catch up with them. This competition was a major characteristic of the Cold War.
Sputnik and landing a man on the moon.
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The Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite.
Sputnik was connected to the Cold War as a test of technological prowess between the United States and the Soviet Union to show who could be the first to create a man made satellite orbit the Earth.
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