Read the excerpt from John F. Kennedy’s opening statement.
I’m not satisfied when the Soviet Union is turning out twice as many scientists and engineer as we are. I’m not satisfied when many of our teachers are inadequately paid, or when our children go to school in part-time shifts. I think we should have an educational system second to none. I’m not satisfied when I see men like Jimmy Hoffa—in charge of the largest union in the United States—still free. I’m not satisfied when we are failing to develop the natural resources of the Unites States to the fullest. Here in the United States, which developed the Tennessee Valley and which built the Grand Coulee and the other dams in the Northwest United States at the present rate of hydropower production—and that is the hallmark of an industrialized society—the Soviet Union by 1975 will be producing more power than we are. These are all the things, I think, in this country that can make our society strong, or can mean that it stands still.
Which evidence is relevant to his claim that the United States is falling behind the Soviet Union?
Responses
A. many of our teachers are inadequately paid, or when our children go to school in part-time shifts
B.we should have an educational system second to none,
C. the Soviet Union by 1975 will be producing more power than we are,
D. we are failing to develop the natural resources of the Unites States to the fullest