USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In an effort to increase economic growth and create more jobs, Kennedy advo-cated deficit spending. The new president convinced Congress to invest more funds in defense and space exploration.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -As President Kennedy’s speech at Rice University suggests, the decision to go to the Moon and the space program were motivated, in part, by the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -The issue of the Cold War dominated the election, as tensions were high between the United States and the Soviet Union. Kennedy won a 303 to 219 Electoral College victory, and he won the reported national popular vote by 112, 827, a margin of 0.17 percent.