1. Week 22
AMERICAN
HISTORY
CLASS

2. During the Cold War the USSR and the US competed again
in almost every way—even in science and inventions

4. In 1957, the Soviets shocked the United States by
putting the first satellite, called Sputnik, into
space.

5. The United States wanted to beat the Soviets at
what became known as the “Space Race”.

6. In 1961 President Kennedy announced that the US would
work to have the first man on the moon and the it would
occur before the end of the 1960s.

7. The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the Communists had missiles pointed at the US from
Cuba.

8. President Kennedy was assassinated in 1962.

12. (The Space Center was named after him—
The Kennedy Space Center in Florida)

13. The first US man in space was Alan Shepard in
1961.

14. In 1962 John Glenn became the first man to
orbit the earth.

15. Finally, in July, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the
moon with 2 men. Neil Armstrong of Apollo
11 was the first man to walk on the moon.

18. Other moon missions followed and astronauts
even drove a little car called the Lunar Rover on
the moon.

19. After the moon missions stopped in the 1970s,
work on the space shuttle began. Shuttles have
been used to work in space ever since until this

20. Because of WW2, the US became the greatest
manufacturer of goods in the entire world.

21. The US supplied goods to many of our former
enemies, German and Japan during the 1950s.

22. The Cold War stimulated the US to work
hard at military defense and technology.

26. The US quickly started making its ships nuclear
powered after WW2. The space race brought
about many new technological improvements.

27. Our God given freedoms, inherited from our
forefathers through the Constitution, allowed us to
grow and enjoy the best standard of living in the
entire world.

28. In 1989 communism fell apart. The US became
the world leader in every area:
military, industry, food production, medicine, and
technology.

30. Democracy and Capitalism enables America to
thrive.