Question

Which statement explains why the two excerpts

Answer 1

Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "The American Dream” speech. America is essentially a dream, a dream as yet unfulfilled. Now read the excerpt from Governor George Wallace's inaugural address. Freedom was won at a hard price, and if it requires a hard price to keep it . . . we are able . . . and quite willing to pay it.

Which statement explains why the two excerpts present conflicting views?

Answer:

The first states that the American dream of freedom and equality has yet to be realized, while the second states that freedom and equality have already been achieved.

Explanation:

According to the statement by Martin Luther King where he said that America is essentially a dream that is unfulfilled and the statement by George Wallace that Freedom was won at a hard price, and if it requires a hard price to keep it . . . we are able . . . and quite willing to pay it, the conflicting views are that the first believes that freedom and equality is yet to be realised while the second states that these have already been achieved.

Answer 2

Answer:

The first states that the American dream of freedom and equality has yet to be realized, while the second states that freedom and equality have already been achieved.