Question

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?


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


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


C.Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"


D.The signing of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

C. Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"

Step-by-step explanation:

On May 30, 1963, Memorial Day, the Vice President at the time and the future 36th President of the US, Lyndon B. Johnson, delivered a speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Johnson was a supporter of the civil rights movement, and his speech from 1963 was dedicated to this matter. The eloquent words he is referring to is the speech Abraham Lincoln delivered in 1863, a century before Johnson's, known as "Gettysburg Address". Lincoln's speech celebrated the victory of the Union's armies in the Battle of Gettysburg.