Question

Part A

What argument does Kennedy make in his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech?


Democracy is the only system that guarantees prosperity to all Germans.

Democracy can exist alongside communism in Germany because it is an accepting system.

Many Germans have suffered under communism.

Communism must be altered to allow more individual freedom for Germans.
Question 2
Part B

Which answer choice presents the most logical reasoning in support of the argument identified in Part A?


"There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world."

"... one German out of four is denied the elementary right of free men, and that is to make a free choice."

"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin."

"There are some who say that communism is the wave of the future.

Let them come to Berlin."

Answer 1

Democracy is the only system that guarantees prosperity to all Germans.

"There are some who say that communism is the wave of the future.

Let them come to Berlin."

Step-by-step explanation:

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's speech to the West Germans on June 26, 1963 and he gave them a message of hope because they were oppressed by East Germany who were communist and restricted their movements.

He made his stand that democracy is the only system that guarantees prosperity to all Germans. He makes an appeal to people that say that communism is the wave of the future to come to Berlin and see freedom and the real future.