Kennedy and the Cold War Answers

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What was the goal of the Apollo program?

to launch moon missions

to send Americans into space

to test new space technologies

to launch the Sputnik satellite

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It ended in a draw despite strong air support from the United States.

It was a partial success that helped to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis.

It was a success and created hostility between Cuba and the Soviet Union.

It was a failure that was an embarrassment for the Kennedy Administration.

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He believed that better education was key to civil rights and greater equality.

He believed that a better-educated nation would beat Russia in the space race to the moon.

He believed that better education would end disease and poverty.

He believed that a better-educated nation would advocate more for the environment.

In the wake of the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Cuba

placed Fulgencio Batista in power.

formed an alliance with the United States.

formed an alliance with the Soviet Union.

built an economy based on capitalism.

Who was accused of firing the shots that killed President Kennedy?

Jack Ruby

Lee Harvey Oswald

Lyndon Johnson

Fidel Castro

When did the Bay of Pigs invasion into Cuba occur?

in 1948

in 1959

in 1961

in 1989

President Kennedy signed education laws to help

students of technology.

students with disabilities.

students in space programs.

students in the Peace Corps.

The United States formed NASA in 1958 to

remove Soviet missiles from Cuba.

oppose the building of the Berlin Wall.

lead its own space program.

increase civil rights and equality.

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