Kennedy felt great pressure to have the United States "catch up to and overtake" the Soviet Union in the "space race." Four years after the Sputnik shock of 1957, the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first human in space on April 12, 1961, greatly embarrassing the U.S. While Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, he only flew on a short suborbital flight instead of orbiting the Earth, as Gagarin had done. In addition, the Bay of Pigs fiasco in mid-April put unquantifiable pressure on Kennedy. He wanted to announce a program that the U.S. had a strong chance at achieving before the Soviet Union. After consulting with Vice President Johnson, NASA Administrator James Webb, and other officials, he concluded that landing an American on the Moon would be a very challenging technological feat, but an area of space exploration in which the U.S. actually had a potential lead. Thus the cold war is the primary contextual lens through which many historians now view Kennedy's speech.
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A
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As the text says "Every year since it's beginning, our town's Old Home Days celebration had resulted in traffic accidents".
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I'm confused on how to compare and contrast one thing but okay..
It is similar to certain students. Not all students want to succeed in school. Not everyone likes school. It is a nice goal to achieve because it would make you more intelligent but every person is different
in their own way.
It's basically what the points of the two stories are and how they support them :)
Answer:Bye
Explanation: Hi oppsite =bye
