History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2126 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Moon
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The idea
On July twentieth, nineteen sixty-nine, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon while hundreds of millions of people watched.
In practice
The American flag planted on the lunar surface.
Where people slip
Unit thirteen's Sputnik had set off the space race, and federal money for science followed; twelve years later Americans reached the moon.
Your place on the trail
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