The Effect Of Sputnik On America
1. Sputnik affected Americans because the idea was that if Soviet's could launch satellites into space, they could launch nuclear bombs into space. This scared many Americans.
2. President Kennedy established the Peace Corps to aid countries in danger of becoming under communist control. These countries were poor and desperate. The Peace Corps sent people such as doctors, teachers, and carpenters to help countries around the world and to help them to become less desperate.
3. The events in Cuba were troubling the American government because of how close Cuba is to the United States. Cuba is 90 miles off the coast of Florida and Cuba had the danger of possessing nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union. If Cuba possessed nuclear weapons,
2. President Kennedy established the Peace Corps to aid countries in danger of becoming under communist control. These countries were poor and desperate. The Peace Corps sent people such as doctors, teachers, and carpenters to help countries around the world and to help them to become less desperate.
3. The events in Cuba were troubling the American government because of how close Cuba is to the United States. Cuba is 90 miles off the coast of Florida and Cuba had the danger of possessing nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union. If Cuba possessed nuclear weapons,