Virginia SOL Virginia and US History test: important concepts: Difference between revisions

Line 314: Line 314:
**** = peaceful demonstration and peaceful violation of unjust laws
**** = peaceful demonstration and peaceful violation of unjust laws
****
****
==== March on Washington & Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech ====
* in 1963, the "'''March on Washington'''" was organized to demonstrate to the entire country
** '''Martin Luther King''' gave his "'''I have a dream'''" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
**


=== Vietnam ===
=== Vietnam ===
Line 408: Line 414:
**** US public was outraged
**** US public was outraged


== General Comparative ==
=== Famous speeches ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Famous Speeches
!Orator (speaker)
!Dates
!Speech title
!Purpose/ Details
|-
|George Washington
|1796
|"'''Washington's Farewell Address'''"
|
* on leaving office, President Washington warned Americans:
** to avoid "foreign entanglements"
*** = not get involved in overseas diplomatic agreements
** to avoid political parties
***
|-
|Abraham Lincoln
|1862/3
|Emancipation Proclamation
|
|-
|Abraham Lincoln
|1863
|Gettysburg Address
|
|-
|Woodrow Wilson
|191>
|"Fourteen Points Speech"
|
|-
|Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
|1933
|"We have nothing fear but fear itself" speech
|
|-
|Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
|1941
|"A day that will live in infamy" speech
|
|-
|John F. Kennedy (JFK)
|1962
|"Berlin Wall speech"
|
|-
|Lyndon Johnson
|196>
|"Great Society speech"
|
|-
|Martin Luther King
|1963
|"I have a dream speech"
|
|-
|Ronald Reagan
|198>
|"Tear down this wall" speech
|
|}
[[Category:Virginia SOL: Virginia & US History test]]
[[Category:Virginia SOL: Virginia & US History test]]