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To understand the Space Race, you must first understand the Cold War.
The Cold War wasn't really a War - in some views, it was just a competition. The US and the USSR were the largest superpowers the world had ever known - they had the most weapons, money, and power, ever. The US and the USSR were engaged in an arms race initially and were each racing to get the most nuclear weapons.
That was until the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik. The US could not let the USSR get control of space, and in 1969, launched the Apollo 11 to combat the USSR who had recently put the first man in space - by putting the first man on the Moon.
In my opinion, even though it was a competition, it was worth it. Think about it- would we have sent a man to the Moon afterward without all that pressure? Even nowadays, we would not have discovered what we already discovered without it and would not have sent any more rockets. Despite the cost, it has benefitted and will continue to benefit us in the long run.
Hope this helps!
Old history work contained mythology. Modern history work covers anything that happened at the last 220 years of human existence(after French revolution).
There has been a debate about border control. Donald Trump wants to take action through buidling a wall along the border but the democrats do not want this. This creates a policy gridlock, where no policy is passed due to each party not wanting the other party to get its way.
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The Civil War took place between 1861 and 1865 in the United States, and faced on the one hand the Union, made up of the northern states, and the Confederation, made up of the southern states. The main issue that gave rise to the conflict was slavery: while Southerners sought to legalize the issue in their territories, the northern states sought to abolish slavery and guarantee real equality between whites and African Americans.
It was initiated by the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay in South Carolina on April 12, 1861. It lasted until May 26, 1865, when the last organized centers of Confederate resistance surrendered (in some places the fighting continued until June). As a result of the war 620,000 people were killed, property worth 5 billion dollars was destroyed, and 4 million slaves gained freedom.
