drafting and the tension in the home

Drafting came to America after the Soviets deciced to expand their military. the Americans had to find a way to catch up and drafting was the solution. America started to draft men from 17 to 45 and this was also the beginning of african americans and women getting jobs after the white men left and not to long after we started to draft african american men from 17 to 45. this evened us out with the soviets but put tension on the home the women was now responible to make the money and take care of the family. after the cold war was over the men returned and the devorice rate went up along with the baby boom.

The Space Race

The Space Race put even more tensions on the space programs of each of the nations. the space race was the race to get the first rocket into space and on October 4, 1957 the soviets won and launched sputnick into space, which put more stress on america and we did not launch a space air craft into space until a few years later. in the end the soviets won in the space race allowing the soviets to have satillites and have an upper hand in the progression of the future and was able to take pictures from space and have more options and have a bigger advantage 0n America.

The Arms Race

The Arms Race between America and the U.S.S.R. increased tensions on the inventors of both nations. During World War II America dropped the atomic bomb on Japan and by the time we were in the cold war the U.S.S.R had created their own verison of the the deadly weapan. This upgrade for the U.S.S.R no longer let America have the upper hand and America had to find another way to defeat the Soviet Union. That was when the containment plan orginated. The tension rose even higher when the Soviets expanded their military and both sides started using the Airlifts to help out their allies. This put pressure on the U.S.A. to some how gain more military and more help from the citizens. This sparked the victory gardens and drafting, America was trying to find anther strategy for the defeating of the U.S.S.R. that was when the containment plan kicked in and we started the move towards containing communism.