PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM
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Question
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Winning the space race while during JFK’s Presidency would have allowed Americans to forget what nationally embarrassing event that occurred earlier during John F. Kennedy’s Presidency?
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John F. Kennedy’s narrow election victory
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John F. Kennedy’s civil rights goals
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Bay of Pigs
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John F. Kennedy’s health problems
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1961, President John F. Kennedy began a dramatic expansion of the U.S. space program and committed the nation to the ambitious goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik, and the space race was on.
Detailed explanation-2: -"We choose to go to the Moon", officially titled the address at Rice University on the nation’s space effort, is a September 12, 1962, speech by United States President John F. Kennedy to further inform the public about his plan to land a man on the Moon before 1970.
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