To respond to the fears that the United States had fallen behind the Soviets after Sputnik, in 1961 Kennedy pledged that, by the end of the decade, the United States would __________.
A. build a supersonic passenger plane
B. put a man on the moon
C. produce most of its electricity from nuclear power
D. graduate more science PhDs than any other nation
Answer: B
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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