Question

In Lift Every Voice and Sing, how did God help the people during dark times?

a) He encouraged them to continue singing.

b) He required them to volunteer their time.

c) He kept people from straying off the path.

d) The people did not experience dark times.

Answer 1

I also got C He kept people from straying off the path.

Step-by-step explanation:

I just took a english/writing test and suprisingly got this correct

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

C. He kept people from straying off the path.

Explanation:

Lift Every Voice and Sing is a poem written by James Weldon Johnson to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday, This poem was set to music and became the National African American Anthem. It talks about the struggle of African American people to achieve their freedom, the first stanza of the poem encourages people to join together and sing in honor of liberty, the second stanza then recalls the hard times African American people had to go through, and the final stanza states how faith in God kept people going during the hard times, and asks God to continue guiding their path.