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
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
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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.
The launch of Sputnik which resulted in the Space Race.
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