USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

[SOURCES]
MLK mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence because they ____

(A) faced poverty and discrimination.

(B) ** believed in equal rights for all

(C) issued promissory notes to United States banks.

(D) eliminated slavery.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in lines 19–20 because they. faced poverty and discrimination.

Concept note-2: -King drew directly on the promises made in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to call for civil rights and an end to racism.

Concept note-3: -King refers to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in his speech? He wants to stress that all Americans are guaranteed certain rights.

Concept note-4: -King recited the second paragraph of the document to his congregation: “ ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by God, Creator, with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ‘

Concept note-5: -“If we are wrong, the Supreme Court of this nation is wrong. If we are wrong, the Constitution of the United States is wrong. If we are wrong, God Almighty is wrong.”