AnswersIC Sem B US HistoryKennedy and the Cold War

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He believed that better education was key to civil rights and greater equality.
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He believed that a better-educated nation would beat Russia in the space race to the moon.
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He believed that better education would end disease and poverty.
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He believed that a better-educated nation would advocate more for the environment.
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It ended in a draw despite strong air support from the United States.
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It was a partial success that helped to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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It was a success and created hostility between Cuba and the Soviet Union.
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It was a failure that was an embarrassment for the Kennedy Administration.
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When the Space Race began, the United States realized that

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the USSR could use rockets to carry nuclear weapons.
B
the Soviets could get to the moon first.
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its technology would never be as good as the USSR’s.
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civil rights were more important than space.
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The United States formed NASA in 1958 to

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remove Soviet missiles from Cuba.
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oppose the building of the Berlin Wall.
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lead its own space program.
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increase civil rights and equality.
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In the wake of the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Cuba

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placed Fulgencio Batista in power.
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formed an alliance with the United States.
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formed an alliance with the Soviet Union.
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built an economy based on capitalism.
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President Kennedy signed education laws to help

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students of technology.
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students with disabilities.
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students in space programs.
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students in the Peace Corps.
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In what manner did hundreds of thousands of Americans pay their respects to President Kennedy when he died?

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They visited the Capitol, where he lay in state.
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They visited the place of his birth.
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They joined the Peace Corps.
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They joined the civil rights movement.
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Who was accused of firing the shots that killed President Kennedy?

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Jack Ruby
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Lyndon Johnson
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Fidel Castro

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