US.77: President John F. Kennedy's New Frontier

What was the primary goal of Kennedy's New Frontier in the field of education?

• To reduce the number of scholarships and loans for higher education

• To decrease federal spending on education

• To ensure America's competitiveness in the global arena through significant investments in education

• To privatize public education

What was one of the key initiatives of the New Frontier to end racial discrimination?

• Decreasing federal enforcement of civil rights laws

• Promoting racial segregation in federal institutions

• Supporting the desegregation of schools and public facilities

• Ignoring civil rights issues

What was the Peace Corps aimed at?

• Promoting international peace and friendship by sending American volunteers to work on development projects abroad

• Promoting American business interests overseas

• Strengthening military forces in foreign countries

• Establishing American colonies in other countries

What ambitious goal did Kennedy set for the United States in the realm of space exploration?

• To launch the first artificial satellite

• To put a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s

• To establish a colony on Mars

• To build the first space hotel

Which act aimed to outlaw discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a pivotal role of Kennedy's administration?

• The Fair Housing Act

• The Voting Rights Act

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Equal Pay Act

What did the establishment of the Peace Corps symbolize for America?

• Economic dominance

• Military expansionism

• Technological superiority

• American idealism and humanitarianism