MLK Speeches
JFK
FDR
Malcolm X
George W. Bush
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What is MLK's most famous speech?
What is I have a dream
100
When did JFK give his inaugural speech?
What is January 20, 1961
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When did the Pearl Harbor speech take place?
When is December 8, 1941
100
What speech did Malcom X give on April 3, 1964?
What is THE BALLOT OR THE BULLET
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What is the only speech remembered by George W. Bush?
What is his 911 speech.
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What was the official event called?
What is March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
200
What did JFK say the nation was celebrating?
What is celebration of freedom.
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What catch phrase did FDR use?
What is “a day which will live in infamy.”
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What religion did Malcolm X confess in this speech?
What is I'm still a Muslim; my religion is still Islam
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Why did he give this speech?
What is The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our country is strong.
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Who was an objector to the event?
Who is Malcolm X.
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What did he want his election to signify?
What is change.
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Who wrote FDR's speech?
What is No speechwriters, please. FDR dictated virtually every word of his address to his secretary, Grace Tully. The only exception was the next-to-last sentence, the phrasing of which was suggested by his close adviser Harry Hopkins.
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What did Malcolm X and MLK have in common?
What is they were both ministers. (of different religions)
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What was the purpose for this speech?
What is raise the American people up after a tragedy.
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What is ironic about MLK's speech?
What is no one could actually hear his speech.
400
And also my fellow Americans...... finish this line
What is ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country
400
What 3 other documents are on the same level as FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech?
What is Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights in historic importance
400
Were Malcolm X and MLK on the same side?
What is yes they were fighting against segregation
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Did his speech lift up the American people as a nation?
What is yes it did lift them up, his likeness went up tremendously after this speech
500
Who pushed him to share his dream with the audience.
Who Singer Mahalia Jackson urged Dr. King to tell the audience “about the dream,” and Dr. King went into an improvised section of the speech.
500
My fellow citizens of the world.... finish this line.
What is ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man
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What was impressive about this powerful speech?
What is Short but powerful. The address to Congress contains just 25 sentences, fewer than 500 words, and was delivered in about 7 minutes. In that brief address, FDR was so persuasive that within 33 minutes, a declaration of war passed unanimously in the Senate, and in the House of Representatives only one dissenting vote was cast (Jeannette Rankin, a pacifist from Montana, the first woman elected to Congress).
500
What action does Malcolm X call his people to do?
What is If a Negro in 1964 has to sit around and wait for some cracker senator to filibuster when it comes to the rights of black people, why, you and I should hang our heads in shame. You talk about a march on Washington in 1963, you haven't seen anything. There's some more going down in '64.
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What verse does he quote?
What is Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."
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