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Quiz about Famous American Speeches  Last Lines
Quiz about Famous American Speeches  Last Lines

Famous American Speeches - Last Lines Quiz


In this quiz, I will give you the last line of a famous American speech. All you have to do is tell me who delivered the speech.

A multiple-choice quiz by machey. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
machey
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
221,216
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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732
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Question 1 of 10
1. "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us: That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we are highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "It is on this line that we propose to fight our battle for the ballot-peaceably but nevertheless persistently-until we achieve complete triumph and all United States citizens, men and women alike, are recognized as equals in the government." Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire." Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival." Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking his blessing and his help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own." Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "Unmoved we will bear it aloft. Undauntedly we will unfurl it to the gale, for we know that the storm cannot rend from it a shred, that the electric flash will but more clearly show to us the glorious words inscribed upon it, 'Equality of Rights'." Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth" to 'touch the face of god'." Who quoted these lines by John McGee (without acknowledgement)? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make. And may that Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe lead our councils to what is best, and give them a favorable issue for your peace and prosperity." Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Above the pyramid on the Great Seal of the United States it says in Latin, 'God has favored our undertaking.' God will not favor everything we do. It is rather our duty to divine his will. But I cannot help but believe that he truly understands, and that he really favors the undertakings that we begin here tonight." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us: That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we are highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

This is the last line of the Gettysburg Address or more precisely, President Lincoln's very short introduction to the main speaker on this occasion. This speech was delivered November 19, 1863. More than 50,000 soldiers were killed or wounded at the battle of Gettysburg.
2. "It is on this line that we propose to fight our battle for the ballot-peaceably but nevertheless persistently-until we achieve complete triumph and all United States citizens, men and women alike, are recognized as equals in the government."

Answer: Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony gave this speech on women's right to vote in 1873, after being arrested for voting in the presidential election the previous year.
3. "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"

Answer: Patrick Henry

This line is from the Address to Virginia Convention of Delegates. The speech was given on March 23, 1775. Patrick Henry was the first Governor of Virginia and an advocate of the rights of the common people.
4. "I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire."

Answer: Franklin D Roosevelt

Roosevelt gave his Declaration of War speech on December 8,1941 after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
5. "Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival."

Answer: Frederick Douglass

Douglass delivered this speech in New York in 1852. It was on the commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. He was a powerful public speaker who used the opportunity to discuss the hypocrisy in celebrating liberty in a country that tolerates slavery.
6. "With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking his blessing and his help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."

Answer: John F Kennedy

This is the last line of JFK's Inaugural Address after winning the Presidential election of 1960 against Richard Nixon.
7. "Unmoved we will bear it aloft. Undauntedly we will unfurl it to the gale, for we know that the storm cannot rend from it a shred, that the electric flash will but more clearly show to us the glorious words inscribed upon it, 'Equality of Rights'."

Answer: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

This the last line of the Address to the First Woman's Rights Convention (1848). Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leading figure in the equal rights struggle for American women.
8. "We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth" to 'touch the face of god'." Who quoted these lines by John McGee (without acknowledgement)?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

On January 28, 1986 the space shuttle Challenger was destroyed when one of it's booster rockets exploded. In a matter of hours President Reagan spoke to the American people about the tragedy.A lot of people think Reagan wrote this because he never attributed it (neither did his speechwriter). Poetry was not one of Reagan's skills.
9. "Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make. And may that Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the universe lead our councils to what is best, and give them a favorable issue for your peace and prosperity."

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

This is the last line of Jefferson's First Inaugural Address. (1801)
10. Above the pyramid on the Great Seal of the United States it says in Latin, 'God has favored our undertaking.' God will not favor everything we do. It is rather our duty to divine his will. But I cannot help but believe that he truly understands, and that he really favors the undertakings that we begin here tonight."

Answer: Lyndon B Johnson

This speech was given on the Voting Rights Bill (1965). African-Americans were already legally allowed to vote, but southern black citizens were often subject to harassment and violence. Johnson tried to address this issue by submitting a voter's rights bill to Congress.
Source: Author machey

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