Question

Which response best describes a similarity between the video presentation and the text version of Kennedy’s speech? Both convey that Americans have a history of avoiding conflict that must be preserved to maintain peace. Both recommend that America should intervene militarily in countries struggling for independence. Both emphasize that America has a responsibility to defend human rights around the world. Both stress that Americans must leave the task of effecting change in the hands of the government.

Answer 1

Answer:

A similarity between the video presentation and the text version of Kennedy’s speech is that both convey that Americans have a history of avoiding conflict that must be preserved to maintain peace.

Explanation:

• President Kennedy clarifies that though the United States has been consistently tried to provoke for a full-fledged war, it has always tried to stick to its policy of peacekeeping.
• He makes it clear that it is through the efforts taken by the United States that there is peace and prosperity in most parts of the world.

Answer 2

Answer:

Both convey that Americans have a history of avoiding conflict that must be preserved to maintain peace.

Explanation:

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