Why did the united states suffer a loss of confidence following the launch of sputnik i? the united states knew that they would not be able to build a satellite like sputnik i. the united states assumed that they would be first into space, before the soviets. it was a better satellite than the ones the united states had launched. the space race had ended, and the united states had lost to the ussr.

The United States assumed that they would be first into space, before the Soviets

When the Soviet Union successfully launched the Sputnik 1 the U.S was shocked

On the U.S first attempt to launch their satellite the rocket exploded, embarrassing the nation

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The United States assumed that they would be first into space, before the Soviets.

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here are some major conflicts i found. maybe pick one and do more research on it. (cause i ain't writing 6 paragraphs)

in 1877, the nez perce war took place.

1881 - president james garfield was assassinated.

1882 - the chinese exclusion act was passed.

1883 - a decision in the civil rights cases legalized racial segregation in the united states.

1887 - the dawes act was passed.

1893 - the panic of 1893 took place. (what a creative name)

and there are probably other topics you can find if you just search up "united states timeline," or "conflicts in the 19th century for america."

then once you find a topic you like find out how it affected the people of america and what not. (sorry if this feels a bit short changed, history was and never will be one of my strong topics)