Kennedy and a New Frontier

Question 1

What education reform did Kennedy successfully see passed?

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B: increasing federal aid for the developmentally disabled

Question 2

How did President Kennedy’s position on civil rights change?

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B: He began to see a need for national civil rights laws.

Question 3

What was the purpose of the Peace Corps?

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C: to help people in other nations

Question 4

What were some Americans afraid of as a result of the Soviet Sputnik launch?

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B: US was falling behind the Soviet Union

Question 5

Why do you think most people who were alive on the day Kennedy was assassinated remember exactly where they were at the time?Check any of the boxes that match your opinion.

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A: It happened in an especially memorable place.; B: It was widely covered in the media.; C: It was a traumatic event for the whole country.

Question 6

Think about what you just heard in Kennedy’s speech.What was Kennedy’s argument for pursuing a major challenge such as going to the moon?

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B: It will bring out the best in people.

Question 7

Why was the moon program important to Kennedy and the nation?

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C: Kennedy’s call inspired many people and was a way to show America’s strength.

Question 8

Where did the Kennedy assassination take place?

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C: Dallas

Question 9

The Peace Corps had the most volunteers in.The greatest number countries participated in the program in .

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C: 1966; D: 1996; H: 1966; I: 1996

Question 10

Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?

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A: the man accused of assassinating Kennedy

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