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1 Cold War Effects Main Idea Web

2 The Arms rACE Soviet Union successfully tested a nuclear weapon in 1949 ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) Used nuclear weapons to handle conflicts with Soviet Union The build up of weapons caused a fear in US and Soviet Union of attack

3 International peace Efforts
Khrushchev and President Eisenhower would meet at Camp David (Maryland) to try and work things out United Nations – mediate conflicts between nations Olympics (stage for tensions of Cold War)

4 The Space Race Demonstrated technological superiority with military implications Soviet Union was the first to orbit the Earth (Sputnik 1) Creation of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (peaceful purposes only) Apollo Program (USA) Landed the first human on the moon Neil Armstrong (first man to walk on the moon)

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