1. The Arms Race and the Space Race
The Cold War
The Arms Race and the Space Race

2. Arms Race to the Space Race

3. Atomic Bombs
“Little Boy,” US, 1945
USSR, 1949
“First Lightening”

4. Hydrogen Bombs, H-Bomb Thermonuclear weapons 1000xs more powerful
US 1952
USSR 1953

5. ICBM
US- Atlas Missile, 1957
Soviets develop the R7 in 1958

6. Satellites
Sputnik, USSR, 1957

7. Satellites
Explorer 1--
US, 1958

8. Arms Race to the Space Race
NASA- 1958
Mercury Program
1961 Freedom 7 Shepard 1st American in space
1962 Friendship 7 Glenn orbited the Earth
Gemini Program
Apollo Program
1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing

9. NORAD- North American Aerospace Defense Command
(Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO)

10. Korea 1950- 1953 Mission: Containment First UN issue
Troops from 21 countries
90% US
First fight against communist aggression

11. Korea Short Version Cause- North Korea invaded South Korea
Course- Pusan-- UN troops pushed South Inchon-- MacArthur/ Marines land Yalu-- Drove N.Korean troops border
Chinese troops invaded th Parallel-- UN troops pushed back Stalemate

12. Korea Short Version Issues: Results:
Use nucs? (We’re not winning fast enough!)
Attack China?? (They’d invaded to help N. Korea)
Results:
Election of Eisenhower
Cease- fire/ Truce DMZ at 38th Parallel
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