AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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faced poverty and discrimination.
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believed in equal rights for all
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issued promissory notes to United States banks.
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eliminated slavery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -King mentions the writers of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in lines 19–20 because they. faced poverty and discrimination.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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. ‘
Detailed explanation-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.”