Question 1

What founding promise remained unmet in America in 1963?

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All men are created equal and have certain unalienable rights.

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Both men and women have the right to vote on their government.

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No person shall be held as a slave in the United States of America.

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All men should have equal access to education and opportunities.

Question 2

What does President Obama describe at the beginning of the speech?

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the marchers on Washington and the injustices they faced

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boycotts, voter registration drives, and small marches

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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech at the March on Washington

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how the March on Washington affected America decades later

Question 3

The March on Washington led to new legislation that was a victory for equality. What evidence from the speech supports this conclusion?

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Civil Rights and Voting Rights laws were signed because people marched.

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African Americans continued to march in their home towns.

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Boycotts and voter registration drives were organized after the March.

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America became more fair for Latinos, women, and gay people.

Question 4

What is one of the main reasons why President Obama delivered this speech?

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to remember and honor the legacy of the marchers on Washington

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to dedicate a monument in memory of the March on Washington

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to encourage Americans to never give up the fight for justice

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to remember Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech

Question 5

What is this speech mostly about?

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how the March on Washington changed America

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how the March on Washington brought about a Civil Rights law

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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech at the March on Washington

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the ordinary people from across the U.S. who marched on Washington

Question 6

Read the following sentence: “On the battlefield of justice, men and women without rank or wealth or title or fame would liberate us all in ways that our children now take for granted, as people of all colors and creeds live together and learn together and walk together, and fight alongside one another, and love one another, and judge one another by the content of our character in this greatest nation on Earth.”
As used in this sentence, what does the word “liberate” mean?

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to free

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to control

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to steal

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to open

Question 7

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
In the 1960s, many African Americans responded to their oppression with nonviolence, ________ they had been treated violently.

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even though

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especially

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as a result

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initially

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