Cold War, Korea, Cuban Missile Crisis

• What were America’s goals and ambitions in the first years of the Cold War. Where and why did the U.S. clash with the Soviet Union? • The Korean War erupted only 5 years after World War I. Why did America involve itself in Korea? What were the results of the Korean conflict for the U.S.? • The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear war. How did America find itself in this conflict and how did the American’s get out of it? • The space race was a significant part of the American experience in the 1950s and 60s. What fueled the space race? What did the space race say about America’s goals and ambitions as a country?