Essential Question How did the Cold War impact technology and innovation around the world?

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Essential Question How did the Cold War impact technology and innovation around the world?

Arms Race The rapid increase in the quantity and quality of weapons and military technology by rivals to achieve superiority. Who can create the most powerful weapons?

1945: US develops first Atomic Bomb

1949: Soviet Union creates Atomic Bomb

1952: US creates Hydrogen Bomb h?v=NNcQX033V_M

1953: USSR creates Hydrogen Bomb h?v=r0dUIq8gHgc

1955: US creates Intercontinental Bomber B-52 Stratofortress – could drop nuclear bombs on Soviet mainland

1956: USSR creates Intercontinental Bomber TU20 Bear – could drop nuclear bombs on US mainland

1957: Soviets create ICBM ICBM – Intercontinental Ballistic Missile – Could be launched from own country and hit rival

1959: US creates ICBM

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Space Race Competition between rivals to achieve supremacy in spaceflight capability – Ideological battle: Capitalism vs Socialism Healthy competition – Created “spin-off technologies” that we use today

1957 Soviets launch first satellite into space – Sputnik

1958 US launches its satellite into space – Explorer I

1960 US launches first weather satellite

1961 First Soviet and person in space: Yuri Gagarin

1961 Alan Shepard is first American in space

1969 First manned moon landing – Apollo Mission U.S. is still the only nation to have ever placed people on the Moon