COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union
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Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States
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United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control
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Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated
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Detailed explanation-1: -The fact that the Soviets were successful fed fears that the U.S. military had generally fallen behind in developing new technology. As a result, the launch of Sputnik served to intensify the arms race and raise Cold War tensions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sputnik launch marked the start of the space age and the US-USSR space race, and led to the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Detailed explanation-3: -The USSR rocketed to the lead in the Cold War’s “Space Race” with the launch of Sputnik, a basketball-sized satellite that became the first manmade object to orbit the Earth. On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.
Detailed explanation-4: -The US government’s reaction to Sputnik’s launch was subdued. Its spy planes had been monitoring Soviet developments, and it’s likely they knew a launch was imminent. “So far as the satellite itself is concerned, that does not raise my apprehensions-not one iota, ” declared Dwight Eisenhower, US president at the time.