Question

One of the US president spoke of forging a society in which poverty and injustice would be fixed, while technological achievement in space exploration would be celebrated. What presidential agenda does this describe?
A) Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
B) Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal
C) Harry Truman's Fair Deal
D) Johnson's Great Society
E) Kennedy's New Frontier

Answer 1

Answer:

E) Kennedy's New Frontier

Explanation:

In his acceptance speech in 1960, democrat candidate John F. Kennedy used the term "New Frontier" to make a reference to a new society where:

"We stand today on the edge of a New Frontier—the frontier of the 1960s, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats. ... Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered problems of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus." Kennedy, 1960, to the Democratic National Convention.

This would became his campaing slogan to persuade american citizens to vote for him, his biggest ambitions were to erradicate poverty, and to "shoot for the stars", or in other words win the space race with his space program.

Answer 2

It was "E) Kennedy's New Frontier" that best fits this classification, although it should be noted that Johnson's Great Society had many similar characteristics.