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Which statement best describes President Kennedy’s domestic agenda?

A
Kennedy’s domestic agenda was a low-risk plan that many people thought was too safe.
B
Kennedy’s domestic agenda was an ambitious plan during a time of great change for the United States.
C
Kennedy’s domestic agenda was an uninspired plan that duplicated his predecessor’s policies.
D
Kennedy’s domestic agenda was a high-risk plan that created a number of problems for the United States.
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What was the purpose of the Apollo program?

A
to launch moon missions
B
to develop nuclear weapons
C
to send animals into space
D
to launch the Sputnik satellite
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How did President Kennedy address civil rights?

A
He proposed national civil rights legislation.
B
He was indifferent to civil rights issues.
C
He supported only state civil rights laws.
D
He refused to advocate civil rights.
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President Kennedy signed laws that created education programs to help

A
students of the liberal arts.
B
students with disabilities.
C
students in space programs.
D
students of engineering.
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What effect did the Soviet Union’s sending a man into space in 1961 have on President Kennedy?

A
It spurred him to develop new technology to benefit humanity.
B
It spurred him to work toward establishing peace with the Soviet Union.
C
It spurred him to set the goal of sending an American to the moon.
D
It spurred him to create the space agency known as NASA.
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President Kennedy’s domestic plan for the nation was called

A
the Gemini program.
B
the Apollo program.
C
the Peace Corps.
D
the New Frontier.
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Which best describes the purpose of the Peace Corps program?

A
to teach the US military how to help other nations during times of peace
B
to provide advanced technology and equipment to less-developed nations
C
to help other nations improve their health care, agriculture, and education
D
to welcome volunteers from other nations to work in the United States as teachers
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Which program did President Kennedy establish to help other nations?

A
the Gemini program
B
the Warren Commission
C
the Peace Corps
D
the Mercury program
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During the early 1960s, NASA’s Mercury program

A
sent Americans into space.
B
created solar panels for spacecraft.
C
operated moon missions.
D
tested new space technologies.
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Technologies developed during the Apollo program led to

A
the nuclear arms race.
B
new modes of transit.
C
the computer revolution.
D
improved health care.

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