The Space Shuttle Decision Excerpt

Who was the leader of the civil rights demonstrators that confronted Tom Paine in July 1969?

• Martin Luther King

• Ralph Abernathy

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

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What event was about to take place when Tom Paine was confronted by civil rights demonstrators?

• The launch of Apollo 11

• The signing of the Civil Rights Act

• The end of the Vietnam War

• The first Earth Day

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What did Abernathy use as symbols of rural poverty during his demonstration?

• Old cars

• Mules

• Broken tools

• Empty baskets

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What did Abernathy claim one-fifth of the nation lacked?

• Education

• Employment

• Food, clothing, shelter, and medical care

• Transportation

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What did Abernathy suggest should be prioritized over space flight?

• Building new schools

• Feeding the hungry and housing the homeless

• Developing new technology

• Expanding the military

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What did Paine and Abernathy represent in their brief conversation?

• Two political parties

• Two deep themes in the nation's experience

• Two scientific theories

• Two economic systems

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What did Martin Luther King pay with his life for?

• Economic reform

• His goal of equality

• Scientific discovery

• Political power

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What did Abernathy's short speech deplore?

• The condition of the nation's poor

• The state of the environment

• The lack of education

• The political system

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What did Abernathy urge the funds for space flight to be spent on?

• Building new cities

• Feeding the hungry and housing the homeless

• Developing new technology

• Expanding the military

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What did Abernathy and Paine end their meeting with?

• A written agreement

• A handshake

• A public announcement

• A group photo

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