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Cold War Politics in The Space Race

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"Whoever controls space will control the world, " Lyndon B. Johnson said after the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik. This fueled the space race and encouraged the United States' goal of landing a man on the moon before the decade ended. Watch the incredible competition that ensued between scientists in the Soviet Union and the United States.

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the space race, the 1960s, sputnik, the cold war, the soviet union, the united states

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cold war, berlin, communists, western world, space race, soviet union, united states, dwight d. eisenhower, sputnik, social studies
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Grade
9th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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Instructional Videos
Media Length
9:58
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