The Space and Arms Race

Explain the societal and economic impact of defense buildup during the Cold War. Draw evidence from informational text to describe the impact of the space race on the society and the economy. Objectives

The Butter Battle Book

Warm-Up Butter Side Up – Yooks Butter Side Down – Zooks The Wall Democracy & Capitalism (USA) Butter Side Down – Zooks Communism (USSR) The Wall The Iron Curtain (Churchill) Grandpa – US Military Van Itch – Soviet Miltary Warm-Up

What do you think Dr. Seuss was implying about the Cold War and the Arms Race? This book was written in 1984, six years before official end of the Cold War. Why might this affect how the book ends? What do you think would happen next if Dr. Seuss continued with his story? Cold War?

THE ARMS RACE U.S. was first to develop an Atomic/Nuclear bomb The US led the world in military technology and wanted to stay ahead. The arms race was the competition to develop new, bigger and more destructive weapons THE ARMS RACE

Arms Race H-bomb (Hydrogen), Thousand X stronger than a-bomb Nov. 1952, Soviet Union 9 mos. Later Castle Bravo, Marshall Island “Ike” and brinkmanship – finger on the trigger MAD – mutually assured destruction National Securities Act (CIA) Arms Race

Civil Defense Admin./Authority Organized by Truman in Dec. 1950 After Soviets tested their bomb, feeling of the need to do something in America to prepare for MAD CDA coordination/directed fed., st., & local civil defense program activities Fallout shelters Bio/chem/radiological warfare defense Emergency comm./warning systems Post-attack/damage assist. Preparedness planning Abolished July 20, 1979 (FEMA) Civil Defense Admin./Authority

Fallout Shelter

Military Industrial Complex (America) A country’s military establishment & industries producing arms/military material, regarded as a powerful vested interest In 1950 the total US budget was $40 billion and $12 billion was spent on the military. In 1960 the total budget was $92 billion and $80 billion was spent on the military. Military Industrial Complex (America)

International Cold War Eisenhower Doctrine – U.S. will defend the Middle East against Communism Why would the U.S. want to defend the Middle East? (Think about resources.) International Cold War

Cold War Hungary (1956) wanted out of the Warsaw Pact (revolted) Soviet Union sent tanks, men Soviet Union killed 30,000 revolutionaries U.S. did NOT intervene b/c they were Soviet Union’s satellite nation Cold War

Cold war takes flight

The US captured Werner Von Braun, who had been head of research for the Germans Von Braun wanted to continue his research in America SPACE RACE AND ROCKETS

Cold War Takes Flight Stalin died 1953 and Nikita Khrushchev took over Space Race Oct. 4, 1957, Sputnik Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer I Cold War Takes Flight

Soviet Russia then launched an unmanned satellite into space called Sputnik This created a sense of panic in the US. They were afraid that the Soviets might be able to launch a missile attack from space and it would not be able to be detected. Sputnik

Fidel + Nikita = BFFs

NASA NASA set up by President Eisenhower. In 1958 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was set up with the aim of catching up and then overtaking Soviet Russia in the space race. NASA

16th July – Launch Kennedy Space Centre. 9:32am 19th July – reached Orbit 20th July – Landing – 2 and half hour moon walk 22nd July – Leave Moon Orbit to return 24th July – Land in the Pacific. APOLLO 11 – Moon landing

Neil Armstrong – born 1930 – naval pilot Korean war – Astronaut 1962 – Gemini 8 (68) – back up commander Apollo 8 – Commander Apollo 11 – 1st on moon Buzz Aldrin – 1930 – combat pilot Korea – Astronaut 63 – PHD astronautics – 5 hr space walk 1966 Gemini 12 – Lunar Module pilot – 2nd on moon Michael Collins – Test fighter pilot – 63 astronaut – pilot Gemini 10 (66) – command module pilot ASTRONAUTS

“It All Started With Sputnik” What changes did Sputnik spur in American society? “It All Started With Sputnik”

Find a read aloud of Dr. Seuss’s “The Butter Battle Book” on YouTube Find a read aloud of Dr. Seuss’s “The Butter Battle Book” on YouTube. Write a 5-6 sentence paragraph explaining how it symbolizes the competition between the US and the USSR during the Cold War. Homework

You Choose… Butter Battle Book Ending The Space Race is over… (Or is it?) Butter Battle Book Ending The launch of U.S. space vehicles came to halt in July of 2011. Some people believe that the U.S. should completely abandon human space travel because of its cost, and others believe that we are making a mistake by discontinuing the space shuttle program and losing our place as leaders in space exploration. Think about the costs and consequences of a U.S. space program, as well as the funding spent on defense; then write a short essay in which you take a position either for or against the continuation of a U.S. space program and/or increase in defense spending. Must be at least 2 paragraphs (or at least 12 sentences) Write an ending to The Butter Battle Book. Your ending must be at least 2 paragraphs long and be in the style of Dr. Seuss (Rhyming) You Choose…