Question

read the excerpts from roosevelts \four freedoms\ speech and lincolns \gettysburg address.\ roosevelt: this nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women, and its faith in freedom under the guidance of god. freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. lincoln: four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing which idea is expressed in both excerpts? ○ equality is an important american value ○ the future of america is largely unknown ○ freedom is only achieved through struggle ○ civil war is an evitable part of any nation

Explanation:

Roosevelt's excerpt emphasizes freedom tied to human rights, while Lincoln's opens with the nation's founding on liberty and equality. The first option aligns with both: Lincoln explicitly states "all men are created equal," and Roosevelt's focus on human rights (a core part of equality) as a foundational American value connects to this idea. The other options do not match both texts: the future's uncertainty is not mentioned, Roosevelt notes support for those struggling for rights but Lincoln's excerpt frames the war as testing equality/freedom, not that freedom only comes via struggle; and civil war is only referenced by Lincoln, not presented as inevitable for all nations.

Answer:

A. Equality is an important American value