| Introduction
Scientific-Technical Developments Economic Changes and Conditions Social Conditions and Developments |
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In 1957-58, President Dwight D. Eisenhower persuaded Congress to adopt the Eisenhower Doctrine in the United States. Nikita Khrushchev was consolidating his power in the USSR. Fidel Castro was fighting Batista's troops with strength from his secret jungle outpost in Cuba. Mao Tse-tung implemented the "Great Leap Forward" in China. The most significant event of 1957 was the Soviet's launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. The most significant event of 1958 was theU.S.'s response to Sputnik by sending the Explorer I satellite into space. |
