Primary Sources- Famous Speeches: John F. Kennedy's "We Choose to go to the Moon"
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Read the passage Famous Speeches: John F. Kennedy's "We Choose to go to the Moon." Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Famous Speeches: John F. Kennedy's "We Choose to go to the Moon." Then answer the questions below.
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Kennedy vows that he will refuse to see the moon "governed by a hostile flag of conquest." What nation is he labeling a "hostile flag"?
Vietnam
Great Britain
The Soviet Union
The United States
What does Kennedy imply when he states, "The United States must be first and must be best so it can help decide whether this will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying place for war"?
The Soviet Union and the United States must work together to make the moon landing peaceful.
The United States has the power to set the example for the future of space exploration.
If the United States doesn't get to the moon first, the Soviet Union will make space a war zone.
The United States must be first to send someone to space, or else there will be war in the United States.
Drag each item to the correct box based on whether it was a likely cause or effect of Kennedy's speech.
The United States government invested lots of money on space technology
More Americans started studying science and engineering at universities
Missile technology developed for World War II made it possible to launch large objects into space
The USSR was the first nation to launch a satellite and send a man into orbit