"Sputnik was actually no larger than a beach ball and sent meaningless signals back to earth, but it had a profound effect on the thinking of citizens and governments around the globe" (Nebraska Studies).
ThesisSputnik was a major turning point in American history because it opened the doors to the Space Race and allowed significant improvements to be made in American education. It made the powerful United States feel inferior for the first time in a while and it tested the country's leadership through trying times.
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