Question

*****Which response best explains Kennedy’s motivation for emphasizing that, without America’s leadership, space technologies could be used to harm rather than to benefit humankind?
A. Kennedy wants to convince the audience that supporting the space program is the morally correct thing to do.
B. Kennedy hopes to rally the audience around his cause to do whatever it takes to stop other countries from developing space programs.
C. Kennedy needs to demonstrate to the rest of the world that it can depend on American protection.
D. Kennedy wishes to signal other nations that the Soviet Union poses a serious threat to global safety.

Answer 1

D. Kennedy wishes to signal other nations that the Soviet Union poses a serious threat to global safety.

Kennedy wanted to make it clear that other countries, such as the Soviet Union, could pose a real threat to the whole world if their technology began to surpass that of the United States.