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| What was the name given to the time when the Soviet Union made a deal with Cuba and they awere putting nuclear bombs on the island of Cuba pointed right at the United States? |
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| Cuban Missle Crisis (October 1962) |
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| Cuba is only ______ miles from Key West, Florida. |
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| _________________, Florida is the southern most location in the United States |
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| The U.S. government sent _________ to block Soviet ships from reaching Cuba. |
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| The ______________ refused to take thier missiles out of Cuba and it seemed like we woul enter a Nuclear War. |
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| Finally an agreeement was made and both the _____ and the _____________- agreed to work together. |
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| U.S. and the Soviet Union |
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| According to the domino theory, if one ountry in Southeast Aisa fell to communism, the other countries in the area would also fall. This theory led the United States to enter the _____________ War. |
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| The ____________ was the first coutry to send people ito space- so they won the race to space with the rocket called _______________. |
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| Soon after the Soviets launched Sputnik, the U.S created a program called NASA which stands for ____________________________. |
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| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
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| In ____________ the U.S. space program had a man circling the earth. |
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| On June 20, _______ the United States was the first nation to land on the moon with _________________ and _________________. |
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Neil Armstrong
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| The Space Race led to ___________________ being placed in space which now allows us to be able to use cell phones, live TV, maps, emergency 911, GPS, national security, etc. |
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