Question

Read this sentence from paragraph 13 of the speech and answer the question.

...both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance
of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war...
What was Kennedy referring to when he spoke of the deadly atorn?
a dangerous unit of matter
the threat of nuclear annihilation
World War I
terrorism

Answer 1

The answer is the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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Answer 2

the threat of nuclear atorn i think

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