Read the Following Passage and answer the questions that follow Remarks in Athens at Ohio University, May 7, 1964 by Lyndon Johnson Vice President Lyndon Johnson became president after the assassination of President John Kennedy on November 23, 1963. Kennedy had set out an ambitious set of domestic goals in his inauguration speech that included providing medical care to seniors, reducing poverty, and extending civil rights. As president, Johnson continued these domestic reforms, going beyond the scope that Kennedy had envisioned. Johnson spoke of creating a "Great Society" by persuading Congress to enact such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act and the Economic Opportunity Act, and by passing other bills, which provided scholarships for college students and raised the minimum wage. Great Society legislation increased the size of the federal government to an extent that had not been seen since Roosevelt's New Deal. This speech describes some of Johnson's ideas about the Great Society. 1 This is a young land and it is a land of young people. There are 2 1/2 times more Americans under the age of 25 than our total population 100 years ago. By the end of the next decade, in 1980, one-half of our people will be younger than 25. So to you of this student body, I say merely as a statement of fact, America is yours, yours to make a better land, yours to build the great society. 2 I know that we live in an age when it is considered correct to play it cool, when it is right to be reserved, when it is not good form to show great faith. But I believe with Emerson that no great work is ever achieved without enthusiasm. I would urge you—and call upon you now—to go out of here with great resolve, because we have great works to achieve. But we cannot succeed without the enthusiasm and the courage which are the legacy of our history. 3 Our challenge, not tomorrow but today, is to accomplish objectives which have eluded mankind since the beginning of time. We must bring equal justice to all our citizens. We must abolish human poverty. We must eradicate killing and crippling disease and lengthen the span of life to 100 or 200 years. We must eliminate illiteracy among all of our people. We must end open bias and active bigotry and, above all else, we must help to bring about a day "when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." 4 Not in a day, and not in a year, will these goals be reached. But if we begin the effort, if we approach the task with great enthusiasm and not with cynicism, these achievements will be the glory, the glory of your generation. 5 There is in front of you young people today the promise of a greater tomorrow. It is a tomorrow that is brighter than yesterday, and it is a tomorrow that is more challenging than today. This is not a time for timid souls and trembling spirits. We have it within our power to find the best solutions to the worst of problems, and we intend to do just that. 6 So let your young hearts armed with new weapons join in an old battle against ancient enemies—the enemies of poverty, disease, illiteracy, strife, and bigotry. 7 And with your courage and with your compassion and your desire, we will build the Great Society. It is a Society where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go unschooled. Where no man who wants work will fail to find it. Where no citizen will be barred from any door because of his birthplace or his color or his church. Where peace and security is common among neighbors and possible among nations. 8 This is the world that waits for you. Reach out for it now. Join the fight to finish the unfinished work in your own land and in the rest of the world. I know as surely as God gives us the right to know what is right that you will succeed. 9 I came out here to see you today because we can't always see poverty from the Capital in Washington. But you can see it when you get out and ride the rivers and the range, the mountains and the hills, and the poor soils of the five States that I am going to visit today. Poverty hides its face behind a mask of affluence. But I call upon you to help me to get out there and unmask it, take that mask off of that face of affluence and let the world see what we have, and let the world do something about it. Question 3 3. Which premise (assumption) is Johnson's speech based?(1 point) Responses A. His audience of people under 25 is looked up to and admired by older people in society. A. His audience of people under 25 is looked up to and admired by older people in society. B. His Ohio audience is more affected by the problems of poverty, illness, and discrimination than audiences in other parts of the country are. B. His Ohio audience is more affected by the problems of poverty, illness, and discrimination than audiences in other parts of the country are. C. His audience of college students is more able to understand the concepts he is proposing than older Americans are. C. His audience of college students is more able to understand the concepts he is proposing than older Americans are. D. His audience of young people has more energy and determination to fight society's problems than older generations do. D. His audience of young people has more energy and determination to fight society's problems than older generations do. Question 4 4. Which statement most accurately describes the MAIN idea of Johnson's speech?(1 point) Responses A. The population of America is aging rapidly; it is imperative for younger people to take responsibility for addressing social issues. A. The population of America is aging rapidly; it is imperative for younger people to take responsibility for addressing social issues. B. Every American citizen should have a right to work; a great society would improve jobs and education for all people. B. Every American citizen should have a right to work; a great society would improve jobs and education for all people. C. Older Americans are generally well off; younger people should enlist their help in addressing problems like poverty and illiteracy. C. Older Americans are generally well off; younger people should enlist their help in addressing problems like poverty and illiteracy. D. America's young people are a large part of the country's population; they will be instrumental in deciding its future.

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Read the Following Passage and answer the questions that follow Remarks in Athens at Ohio University, May 7, 1964 by Lyndon Johnson Vice President Lyndon Johnson became president after the assassination of President John Kennedy on November 23, 1963. Kennedy had set out an ambitious set of domestic goals in his inauguration speech that included providing medical care to seniors, reducing poverty, and extending civil rights. As president, Johnson continued these domestic reforms, going beyond the scope that Kennedy had envisioned. Johnson spoke of creating a "Great Society" by persuading Congress to enact such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act and the Economic Opportunity Act, and by passing other bills, which provided scholarships for college students and raised the minimum wage. Great Society legislation increased the size of the federal government to an extent that had not been seen since Roosevelt's New Deal. This speech describes some of Johnson's ideas about the Great Society. 1 This is a young land and it is a land of young people. There are 2 1/2 times more Americans under the age of 25 than our total population 100 years ago. By the end of the next decade, in 1980, one-half of our people will be younger than 25. So to you of this student body, I say merely as a statement of fact, America is yours, yours to make a better land, yours to build the great society. 2 I know that we live in an age when it is considered correct to play it cool, when it is right to be reserved, when it is not good form to show great faith. But I believe with Emerson that no great work is ever achieved without enthusiasm. I would urge you—and call upon you now—to go out of here with great resolve, because we have great works to achieve. But we cannot succeed without the enthusiasm and the courage which are the legacy of our history. 3 Our challenge, not tomorrow but today, is to accomplish objectives which have eluded mankind since the beginning of time. We must bring equal justice to all our citizens. We must abolish human poverty. We must eradicate killing and crippling disease and lengthen the span of life to 100 or 200 years. We must eliminate illiteracy among all of our people. We must end open bias and active bigotry and, above all else, we must help to bring about a day "when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." 4 Not in a day, and not in a year, will these goals be reached. But if we begin the effort, if we approach the task with great enthusiasm and not with cynicism, these achievements will be the glory, the glory of your generation. 5 There is in front of you young people today the promise of a greater tomorrow. It is a tomorrow that is brighter than yesterday, and it is a tomorrow that is more challenging than today. This is not a time for timid souls and trembling spirits. We have it within our power to find the best solutions to the worst of problems, and we intend to do just that. 6 So let your young hearts armed with new weapons join in an old battle against ancient enemies—the enemies of poverty, disease, illiteracy, strife, and bigotry. 7 And with your courage and with your compassion and your desire, we will build the Great Society. It is a Society where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go unschooled. Where no man who wants work will fail to find it. Where no citizen will be barred from any door because of his birthplace or his color or his church. Where peace and security is common among neighbors and possible among nations. 8 This is the world that waits for you. Reach out for it now. Join the fight to finish the unfinished work in your own land and in the rest of the world. I know as surely as God gives us the right to know what is right that you will succeed. 9 I came out here to see you today because we can't always see poverty from the Capital in Washington. But you can see it when you get out and ride the rivers and the range, the mountains and the hills, and the poor soils of the five States that I am going to visit today. Poverty hides its face behind a mask of affluence. But I call upon you to help me to get out there and unmask it, take that mask off of that face of affluence and let the world see what we have, and let the world do something about it. Question 3 3. Which premise (assumption) is Johnson's speech based?(1 point) Responses A. His audience of people under 25 is looked up to and admired by older people in society. A. His audience of people under 25 is looked up to and admired by older people in society. B. His Ohio audience is more affected by the problems of poverty, illness, and discrimination than audiences in other parts of the country are. B. His Ohio audience is more affected by the problems of poverty, illness, and discrimination than audiences in other parts of the country are. C. His audience of college students is more able to understand the concepts he is proposing than older Americans are. C. His audience of college students is more able to understand the concepts he is proposing than older Americans are. D. His audience of young people has more energy and determination to fight society's problems than older generations do. D. His audience of young people has more energy and determination to fight society's problems than older generations do. Question 4 4. Which statement most accurately describes the MAIN idea of Johnson's speech?(1 point) Responses A. The population of America is aging rapidly; it is imperative for younger people to take responsibility for addressing social issues. A. The population of America is aging rapidly; it is imperative for younger people to take responsibility for addressing social issues. B. Every American citizen should have a right to work; a great society would improve jobs and education for all people. B. Every American citizen should have a right to work; a great society would improve jobs and education for all people. C. Older Americans are generally well off; younger people should enlist their help in addressing problems like poverty and illiteracy. C. Older Americans are generally well off; younger people should enlist their help in addressing problems like poverty and illiteracy. D. America's young people are a large part of the country's population; they will be instrumental in deciding its future.

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