Question

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Johnson's speech opens with these words:


On this hallowed ground, heroic deeds were performed and eloquent words were spoken a century ago.


What are the "eloquent words" Johnson is referring to?

Group of answer choices


A. The signing of the Declaration of Independence


B. The requests Black Americans have made for justice and freedom


C. Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"


D. Andrew Johnson's May 10 Declaration, which ended the Civil War

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

C. Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"

Step-by-step explanation:

On Memorial Day, May 30, 1963, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered a speech in support of civil rights at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Johnson strongly identified with the ambitions of the civil rights movement. The eloquent words he is referring to is Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address", a speech Lincoln delivered in 1863, exactly a century before Johnson's. Lincoln's speech celebrated the victory of the Union's armies in the Battle of Gettysburg.