During the Cold War, the Space Race became an important competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Use the Internet and any text resources available to you to research the Space Race. Then write a 3-5 paragraph
essay about this historical event. Address the following in your essay:
• Explain why the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in the Space Race and when it occurred.
• Describe the purpose, financial cost, risks, and benefits of the Space Race.
In your view, explain whether the benefits of the Space Race were worth the risks and costs.

Read the excerpt from sir gawain and the green knight. when they had washed well, they went to sit at the table, the most famous knights nearest the top, as was proper, and guenever, in high spirits, was seated in the middle of them, in the arrangement of the famous table, with them arrayed around her, fine silk, furthermore, in a canopy over her, of toulouse red, and many tharsian tapestries embroidered and set with the finest of jewels that would have cost a great deal if someone had tried to buy them. the most beautiful there was the queen, flashing her gray eye. no one had ever seen anyone lovelier in his day. based on the excerpt, what conclusion can readers draw about guenever? she treats people with compassion. she is admired for her intelligence. she feels uncomfortable in crowds. she is held in high esteem.

Is this statement true or false? before 1850, workers in american mines, mills, and factories were poorly paid, but their safety on the job was always protected by strict laws.

Most white men in the antebellum south could best be described as a) plantation owners. b) seafaring traders. c) merchants or shopkeepers. d) nonslaveholding family farmers.