Question 1
Which civil rights leader delivered a landmark 1963 address during the March on Washington?
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Rosa Parks
- Malcolm X
- Thurgood Marshall
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Famous Speeches trivia quiz
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- Cold War
- World War II
- Indian Independence
- British Politics
- Civil Rights
- Civil War
- Abolition
- Crusades
- U.S. Politics
- American Revolution
- Ancient Greece
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Question 2
What is the name commonly given to the brief 1863 remarks at the dedication of a national cemetery in Pennsylvania?
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Gettysburg Address
- Farewell Address
- Fourteen Points
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Gettysburg Address
Question 3
Which U.S. president urged citizens to ask what they could do for their country in a 1961 inaugural address?
- Jimmy Carter
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Richard Nixon
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John F. Kennedy
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