Arms & Space Race WebQuest

Go to the website: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/sputnik/index.html Answer the following questions.

1. What event started the space race?

2. Who won the first space race event?

3. What did Americans fear the Soviets would be able to do if they could launch a satellite?

4. What organization was formed in 1958? Why do you think it was formed?

Go to the website: http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/SpaceRace/sec100/sec100.htmAnd scroll through three topics on the left “Military Origins, Racing to the Moon, and Satellite Reconnaissance” and complete the tasks below.

5. Summarize the link “Military Origins”

6. Summarize the link “Racing to the Moon”

7. Summarize the link “Satellite Reconnaissance”

Go to the website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/time-flash.html and answer the following questions (start with the year 1955 and continue to

8. How did the desire to “spy” on the enemy contribute to the space race?

9. How is the space race related to the military competition that existed between the two nations?

10. How did the space race affect American schools?

11. Who was the first man in space?

12. What do you think both the United States and USSR were looking for with the spy satellites?

13. What was President Reagan’s “Star Wars” plan?

Go to the website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies and read the introduction, then click on the link “secret astronauts” and answer the following questions

14. What was the job of the secret astronauts?

15. What was the name of the program they were a part of? (hint “MOL”)

Go to the website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/photos.html and read the introduction then launch the interactive to answer the following questions. 17. How has the space race continued to influence politics today?

18. According to satellite images, what countries have nuclear weapons?

19. How do you think the space race and arms race are interrelated?

Go to the website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nuclear_arms_race.htm and answer the following questions: 20. What did Sputnik lead to?

21. What are ICBMs? (explain them)

22. In 1967 who appeared to be winning the arms race?

23. Explain the term MAD.

Go to the website: http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/index.asp and summarize the events listed below. Look at the 1940s index and summarize: 24. Soviet Atomic Bomb Test

25. H-Bomb Development Summary

Look at the 1950s index and summarize: 26. Missile Gap

Go to the 1960s Index and summarize: 27. U-2 incident

28. Cuban Missile Crisis

EXTRA TIME? Play the Trivia Game (link is on the left)