The Space Race
This historic 1969 American space mission successfully fulfilled President Kennedy's goal of landing a man on the moon.
This title refers to the African American women who served as human "computers," calculating complex trajectories for early NASA missions.
Hidden Figures.
It is the economic and political system of the United States, based on private ownership and free markets.
This non-technical strategy was considered just as critical to the Apollo program's success as building the actual spacecraft.
Marketing.
The first African American woman to work at NASA.
Christen M. Darden
This political ideology and economic system was championed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Communism.
This federal agency, focused on aerospace research and civilian exploration, was established by the U.S. to win the Space Race.
NASA.
This poem was created to highlight the unfulfilled promises of the American Dream for African Americans.
These are the two primary global superpowers whose intense geopolitical competition drove the Cold War.
The United States and the Soviet Union.
This dangerous global military buildup directly fueled the rapid sprint to the moon.
The Cold War arms race.
This core learning objective focuses on identifying pivotal figures from specific community who helped the U.S. win the Space Race.
The African American Community.
This primary factor served as the main political and ideological driver behind the rapid acceleration of the Space Race.
The Cold War tensions.
The primary objective of the media campaign detailed in this lesson was to secure vital backing from this group for an expensive and audacious mission.
The public/people.
This is the underlying social goal African Americans sought to achieve by utilizing the global pressures of the Cold War space competition.
Bridging the gap during the Civil Rights Era.
This prehistoric era provided African Americans with a unique political opportunity to leverage Cold War competition to bridge gaps.
The Civil Rights Era.