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AP US History
Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
Topic 8.2
What differentiated Sputnik crisis from Cuban missile crisis during cold war ?
The US took military action during the Sputnik crisis but adapted diplomatic negotiations for resolving the Cuban missile situation.
Sputnik represented fear over technological gap while Cuban missile crisis posed a direct nuclear threat.
Sputnik was about USSR's satellite success, whereas the Cuban issue was over a communist takeover of the island.
Sputnik crisis led to military standoff, while Cuban missile crisis resulted in the outer space race.
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