During the 1960's the cold war against the Soviets was happening and the U.S was suffering not just because of the cold war but also but it's internal problems it had. Both sides settled on race to the moon and the U.S made it their goal to reach it before the Soviets did. But because the space race was all the rage, the U.S government used most of their money and recourses on the space program. The down side to this was all the negative effects it had on their citizens. Poverty percentage was high, too high if you want to call yourself the greatest country in the world. People suffered and were not able to get the same opportunity's as the rest of America so they were constantly hungry, homeless, jobless people living in the so called best
