1.)which happened in the wake of president kennedy’s assassination? the apollo program was created in kennedy’s honor. congress finally gave its approval for the peace corps. jack ruby killed the accused assassin two days later. thurgood marshall led an investigation into the shooting. 2.)read this excerpt. “i have not assumed that you or any other sane man would, in this nuclear age, deliberately plunge the world into war which . . could only result in catastrophic consequences to the whole world, including the aggressor.” –president john f. kennedy letter to nikita khrushchev october 22, 1962 based on the excerpt from kennedy’s letter, what was the danger of a nuclear war? ineffective weaponry an embarrassing failure widespread destruction a natural catastrophe 3.)which is the best description of the outcome of the 1961 vienna summit? khrushchev and kennedy agreed to remove missiles from secret locations. fidel castro announced to kennedy that cuba was now a communist state. khrushchev demanded that american troops leave the city of west berlin. kennedy gave a famous speech in response to the creation of the berlin wall. 4.)president kennedy’s response to the construction of the berlin wall proved to cuba that confronting kennedy would be an unwise move. led the soviet union to believe that kennedy would back down if confronted. proved to the soviet union that there was no reason to occupy east berlin. led people on both sides of the wall to tear it down and end the cold war.