Question

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. Which ideas are addressed by both Roosevelt and Lincoln? Select 2 options.

Answer 1

I looked this question up and found out it compares Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" and Roosevelt's "The Four Freedoms Speech." Since the speech is too long, I will not add it here, but it can be easily found online. As for the answer choices, they are the following:

A. the importance of equality

B. the importance of freedom

C. the importance of taxation

D. the importance of avoiding war

E. the importance of lost soldiers

Answer:

The ideas that are addressed by both Roosevelt and Lincoln are:

A. the importance of equality

B. the importance of freedom

Step-by-step explanation:

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd. Their speeches, "Gettysburg Address" and "The Four Freedoms Speech" are both famous for their themes as well as their rhetoric.

Two ideas that both speeches have in common are the importance of freedom and the importance of equality. Even though the contexts in which each speech was given were very different, both Presidents focused on how freedom is, or should be, a premise in everyone's life. Both of them believed in that ideal, and both claimed that it was the groundwork of the American nation. Likewise, both Presidents speak of equality between all human beings. We are all born the same, and disrespecting that fact is what leads to wars and injustices.