It renewed the morale of the American public, but it convinced potential foreign partners, such as France, that American could win the war, and that it might be in their best interests to send aid
After the resolution Russia became a communist state
<span>The Sputnik 1 was the first man made artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union to orbit the earth. Sputnik 1 was a </span><span>polished metal orb, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses.</span>The launch by the Soviet Union triggered the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.