Following the end of World War II, the United States of America needed to rebuild and advance overall. In the late 1940’s the Cold War began, rather than a physical war, this was one of political and social disagreements between nations, the two biggest being the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States was gradually becoming less conservative, more simplistic, and advancing quickly; the United States’ society was not readily open to change. Although, there were a few events that changed U.S. history. The landing of man on the moon from Apollo 11, The Supreme Court’s decision and the disarray from its unravelling of Roe versus Wade and The Vietnam War all affected the United States history.
As a result of the Cold War America had been in an indirect dispute with the Soviet Union, fueled by competitive attitudes. The accomplishment of space exploration was a hot topic between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.; thus the term “space race” came to use. On May 25, 1961, John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending an American safely to the Moon (Garber) before this decade is out (Kennedy). This goal was verbalized by Kennedy in 1961 giving The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) until 1971 to accomplish it. This objective drove NASA’s creation of the Apollo Program. Apollo 11 was a part of NASA’s Apollo Program; Apollo 11’s mission objection was to land on the moon. The spacecraft’s commander was the iconic Neil Armstrong. Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969 at 9:32 a.m. EDT (Dunbar), an estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong televised image as he described this event as “…one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” on July 20, 1969 (Dunbar). Apollo 11 was The United States’ first mission to ma...
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In the 1960s the Cold War was at its peak, with both the USSR and America trying to spread their ideologies onto the rest of the world. The world was still uneasy due to the Korean War. In the public’s eyes, nuclear Armageddon was only a press of a button away. The Space Race was a welcome peaceful distraction for the world. The USSR and the United States were constantly trying to best each other in celestial exploration. In 1962, American President, John F Kennedy announced to America that by the end of the decade America would land a man on the moon. Kennedy carefully chose the audience and language of his speech to convince the public to support the Apollo Moon Program.
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Kennedy had realized that the only way to overtake the Soviets after falling so far behind, would be by putting the first man on the moon. The US morale had taken a serious blow following Sputnik and the first cosmonaut in space, Yuri Gagarin. On September 12th, 1962, Kennedy delivered his famous speech, saying “We choose to go to the moon.” Kennedy knew that it was essential to gather support behind a manned mission to the moon from the American public. Although many argued that it would be easier, and more efficient to send an unmanned mission to the moon, it was more about the morale boost and the message a man on the moon would send to the
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I want to tell you a story about Roe v Wade to demonstrate the legality of abortion in the United States. This year marks the 30th anniversary after the controversial ruling of the Roe v Wade case in the Supreme Court of the United States of America. The 7-2 decision invoked the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in the process of legalizing abortion (Greenhouse and Siegel 257). The matter became a state issue due to the widespread belief that the judges focused more on the rights of the doctors rather than the mothers. However, the judges maintained that they had to balance between protecting the mother and preserving maternal health. Abortion remains a controversial issue in the United States despite the
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Chapter 30 and 31 were named “The Triumph of Conservatism” and “A Nation Transformed” respectively. In 1980, Ronald Regan was elected as the president of the United States and he began the process of adapting the conservative values in the U.S. The “Triumph” in chapter 30 was referring to the conservatism’s victory of the cold war and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Chapter 31 revolves around globalization which “transformed” the U.S. as a nation. Although the cold war inhibited the trade between the U.S. and Soviet Union, it also helped America to move toward globalization. The globalization of America emboldened the involvement of the U.S. in foreign affairs. The involvement of America on abroad issues led to war on terror and economic crisis. As usual, different groups of people experienced the legacy of cold war differently.
In 1973, in what has become a landmark ruling for women’s rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a woman’s right to an abortion. Ever since, individual states have adopted, altered, and/or mutilated the edict to fit their agendas – Texas included. However, the decision made by the justices in Roe v. Wade didn’t set clear cut, inarguable demarcation lines, which has allowed the fiery debate to consume the nation. Rather than establishing a legal ruling of what life is, or is not, the Supreme Court has remained silent on the issue.
During the years between 1920 and 1960, America saw change in many aspects of life. The United States was a part of two major wars and a crash of the banking system that crippled the economy greater than ever seen in this country’s history. Also the country had new insecurities to tackle such as immigration and poor treatment of workers. These events led to the change of America lives socially, economically, and politically. The people of America changed their ideas of what the country’s place in the world should be. The issues challenging America led the country to change from isolation to war, depression to prosperity, and social change. The threats to American way of life, foreign and domestic, were the changing forces to the country in the twenties to the sixties.
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Early on in the race, the USSR was very successful. In 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik, which triggered the start of the space race (John F. Kennedy). The United States began to scramble, trying to catch up with the Soviets. However, soon after, the Soviet Union completed another huge success. They sent the first man to orbit Earth (John F. Kennedy). In 1961 the USSR’s Yuri Gagarin became the first human to ever orbit the Earth (John F. Kennedy). The United States was still unsuccessful and beginning to look weak. After that, America got serious. On May 25, 1961, President Kennedy asked Congress for around eight billion dollars to build up the space program over the next five years (John F. Kennedy). The president declared, “This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth” (John F. Kennedy).
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