conducted its wars against the Third World and controlled its allies in Europe, while the Soviet rulers kept aniron grip on their own internal empire and their satellites in Eastern Europe -- each side using the other to justify repressionand violence in its own domains. The space race was the direct result of the Policy of Containment . The Americans simply had to beat the Russians to the moon. The Russians had beaten the Americans into space with Sputnik and put the first man, Yuri Gregarian . The Americans increased funding for research, education in science programs. Mr. Kennedy announced that they would put a man on the moon within ten years; they did it in eight years. Technology grew by leaps and bounds because of the Cold War.Because of the Arms Race and the Space Race, the States amassed a huge debt. They had to pump lots of money into science and research.The Cold War also almost brought about the destruction of the world several times. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy was prepared to take the world into World War III so he could get another term in office. The Russians claimed that they were attempting to install purely defensive missiles . A defensive missile was, in fact, a nuclear missile which would be used when the Russian felt that Cuban independence was threatened. It should be noted that the Americans had missiles bases in Turkey, Britain, and Italy ; all aimed at the Soviet Union.In 1950, McArthyism swept the country. McCarthy was a senator who frequently went to the senate drunk. One day, he stood up and claimed that he had a list of one hundred and fifty names of known communists operating in the United States. Although, when he was asked ,he was never able to produce the list. He had his own House formed, the House of Unamerican Activities, in which he tried suspected communists. The whole country went Communist crazy. People were paranoid and many peoples lives were destroyed. This lasted until McCar...
