October 1957 Memorandum Related to Sputnik (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 9:11am
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By Missy McNatt and David Traill
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Soviet launch of Sputnik, which fueled American panic that the Soviet Union could fire intercontinental ballistic missiles. The featured document highlights President Eisenhower’s reaction and the government’s response.
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