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What effect did the Soviet Union’s sending a man into space in 1961 have on President Kennedy?
It spurred him to develop new technology to benefit humanity.
It spurred him to work toward establishing peace with the Soviet Union.
It spurred him to create the space agency known as NASA.
It spurred him to set the goal of sending an American to the moon.

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It spurred him to set the goal of sending an American to the moon.

After Yuri Gagarin’s 1961 flight, Kennedy announced a national goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the decade’s end, accelerating the U.S. space program.