Which statement is false? a. walter cronkite’s enthusiastic coverage of the space race promote the program to the american public. b. the media’s approach to covering space exploration during the 1960s was to tell the story and focus on the people behind the science. c. live television media coverage had a profound impact on how the apollo 11 moon landing was experienced by people throughout the world. d. the social context of the 1960s discouraged innovation and exploration because people were afraid of new technologies and feared being overrun by space aliens.

The correct answer is D) The social context of the 1960s discouraged innovation and exploration because people were afraid of new technologies and feared being overrun by space aliens.

That statement is false.

It is completely the opposite. During the decade of the 1960s, the United States was in the middle of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Both nations wanted to have control of Nuclear Weapons. On one hand, the Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism around the world. On the other, the United States wanted to stop Communism and saw it as a threat to democracies. Both countries also were competing on the space race, with Russia at the front because it launched the Sputnik before the US launched any spacecraft. The USSR launched the Sputnik on October 4, 1957. SO the US started to invest a lot of money on research and in the US space program.

if a bill passes in the house of representatives, it goes through a similar process in the senate. before a bill becomes law, it must be approved by both chambers of the legislature. the bill must pass with the same wording in the house of representatives and the senate before it can go to the governor for approval.

the bar kochba rebellion (132-135) against the roman empire, also known as the second jewish-roman war, was the second major jewish revolt in judea and the last of the great jewish-roman wars.

after the first jewish-roman war of the years 66-73, the roman authorities took measures to crush any new attempt of rebellion in judea. his political situation was modified and instead of a prefect a governor of praetorian rank was appointed, and in the ruins of jerusalem the seat of a complete roman legion, the legio x fretensis was established.

the political and religious direction of the jewish people was left in the hands of the sanhedrin, with initial headquarters in yavne.

the direct causes of the rebellion vary according to the source. the roman historian dio cassius (155-229) attributes the revolt to the decision of hadrian to found in the place of jerusalem a roman city called aelia capitolina (aelia by its own name and capitolina in honor of the roman god jupiter). on the other hand, the jewish sources, while recognizing this resolution as true, assign higher priority to the decrees dictated by hadrian that forbade the brit milah (circumcision), the respect of the sabbath and the laws of purity in the family.

hadrian's intention was to "civilize" and incorporate the jews once and for all into the greco-roman culture. for greek and roman culture, circumcision was an intolerable mutilation.

the jewish tradition tells in the midrash tanjuma a meeting between rabbi akiva and the governor turnus rufus, where he asked for an explanation about the circumcision.

an additional legion, the legio vi ferrata, moved to the province to maintain order, and work began in the year 131 after the governor of judea, turnus rufus performed the founding ceremony of aelia capitolina. a roman coin with the inscription aelia capitolina was struck in the year 132.

the tannaim rabbi akiva, who without being named nasi directed the sanhedrin, convinced the other members to support the imminent rebellion.

the jewish leaders carefully planned the second rebellion to avoid the numerous errors that had been committed in the first one. in the year 132 the rebellion led by bar kochba quickly expanded from modiim throughout the country, defeating the x roman legion based in jerusalem and destroying the xxii roman legion that had come from egypt.