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 __________.

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In 1961, President John F. Kennedy pledged that the United States would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, a goal achieved in 1969 with the Apollo 11 mission.

To Respond to the Fears That the United States Had