Question

Question 3 Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)

In this excerpt from President Kennedy's 1963 Civil Rights Address, he included the examples of President Lincoln's efforts to end
slavery and social and economic oppression for what purpose?
"One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free.
They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. And this Nation, for all
its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free."

to revise the definition of freedom

to explain the bonds of injustice

to explain the rights of heirs and grandsons

to explain the passage of time

IT’S not C!! A or B?

Answer 1

The answer is A, "revise the definition of freedom."

Step-by-step explanation:

If you look at the passage, you can determine that it's A and not B because "the bonds of injustice" is the issue at hand, and liberty is what is actually being discussed in hopes of changing it. I also just completed the test and got it right. I hope this helps!

Answer 2

In the excerpt from President Kennedy's 1963 Civil Rights Address, he included the examples of President Lincoln's efforts to end slavery and social and economic oppression for a purpose in order A) to revise the definition of freedom.

Explanation:

President Kennedy's report to the American citizens took place on "June 11, 1963". This speech primarily focused on the Civil Rights of the people and also denoted a shift in the administration's policy for the support of the civil rights movement. The speech was broadcasted on TV and radios so that every citizen could listen to him.

In his address, Kennedy used the examples of President Abraham Lincoln's efforts to end slavery because he wanted to tell the people what freedom meant for those who are still struggling out there for their rights. Hence, alternative A is correct.