Stuff Flashcards
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Space race
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Changed our education to catch up (more priority on math and science)
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Sputnik
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1st manmade satellite
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Cuban Revolution
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Communists take over by Fidel
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Fulgenico Batista
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Dictator in charge
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Fidel Castro
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Overthrows Fulgenico and starts communism
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John F Kennedy
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Democrat
Youngest elected president
Faced with ridding of communism
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Richard Nixon
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Republican
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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FAILURE
sent back to start new revolt against Castro
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Cuban Missile Crises problem
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Soviets putting nuclear missiles in Cuba
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Yuri Gagarin
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1st to orbit earth, 1st in space
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New frontier
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Speech vows to put man on moon before end of decade
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Mercury program
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Get man into space
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Alan sheppard
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1st American in space
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John Glenn
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1st American to orbit earth
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Friendship 7
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Spacecraft John Glenn orbited earth in
