Space Race- race between the US and Soviet Union, soviets were in the lead at the beginning because of their unmanned satellite- Sputnik. Science and math became majorly pushed in education. we wanted engineers to make satellites.
Explorer 1- First US Satellite. Yuri Gargarin- First person in space (USSR)
1960- JFK gave a speech and said we would reach the moon by the end of the decade
1969- Reached the moon- Neil Armstrong/ Buzz Aldrin
Bay of Pigs- a body of water in cuba. US wanted to overthrow the Castro- the communist dictator in Cuba. Trained cubans to invade cuba. did that in 1961 at the bay of pigs. kennedy promised to help them with air support and we didn't, it was a fiasco.
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