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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Mixed
Speech Questions
Speech Questions
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What word goes with this definition? • subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power
Oppress
100
What word goes with this definition? • the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful
Ingenuity
100
What word goes with this definition? to quell, crush, or end by force:
Stifle
100
What does he say is the "most basic right of all?"
"The most basic right of all was the right to choose your own leaders."
100
Who delivered this speech and when was it delivered.
President Lyndon B. Johnson March 15, 1965
200
What word goes with this definition? • of or relating to the Republican Party.
Republican
200
What word goes with this definition? • too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous.
Tedious
200
What word goes with this definition? severe; bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized:
stark
200
What does the speaker say about the "Negro problem?"
He says there is no "Negro problem." There is an American problem.
200
Besides the legal right to vote, what else does the speaker say you need to be able to exercise the privilege to vote? Page 3
"It requires a trained mind and a healthy body. It requires a decent home and the chance to find a job and the opportunity to escape from the clutches of poverty."
300
What word goes with this definition? • a member of the Democratic Party of the U.S.
Democrat
300
What word goes with this definition? dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
Gallantry
300
Use the word ingenuity correctly in a sentence.
Check the sentences.
300
What happened in Selma?
There were peaceful protests for voting rights. These men and women were attached and one person was killed.
300
What type of President does the speaker say he wants to be?
"I want to be the president who educated young children to the wonders of their world. I want to be the President who helped to feed the hungry and to prepare them to be taxpayers instead of tax eaters...."
400
What word goes with this definition? • permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
Consent
400
What word goes with this definition? to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.
Vindicate
400
Use the word BIGOTRY correctly in a sentence.
Check the sentence.
400
What is one of the great phrases that resounds in American hearts?
"All mean are created equal." "Government by consent of the governed." "Give me liberty or give me death."
400
What is the purpose of the Voting Rights bill?
To eliminate illegal barriers to the right to vote.
500
What word goes with this definition? • complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something
Comprehensive
500
What word goes with this definition? • stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
Bigotry
500
Use the word STARK correctly in a sentence.
Check the sentence.
500
What was the only way for a black person to pass the barriers to voting before the Voting Rights Act?
To show a white skin.
500
Which political party is the speaker a part of if he says, "Abraham Lincoln--a great President of another party--signed the Emancipation Proclamation."
Democratic Party.