Question

unit 2 test: selected and short response (online)duejan 16 - 11:45 pm latelanguage development: vocabulary—“radio and television report to theamerican people on civil rights,” president john f. kennedyread the following paragraph from president kennedys radio and television address.then answer the questions.... we face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and a people. it cannot bemet by repressive police action. it cannot be left to increased demonstrationsin the streets. it cannot be quieted by token moves or talk. it is a time to act inthe congress, in your state and local legislative body and, above all, in all ofour daily lives. it is not enough to pin the blame on others, to say this is aproblem of one section of the country or another, or deplore the facts that weface.choose the answer that gives the meaning and part of speech for the underlined worddemonstrations as it is used in the paragraph. base your answer on your understandingof the suffix -ion as well as on context.a. displays feelings; verbb. acts of protesting; nounc. proofs or supporting evidence; nound. shows how to use a device; verb

Explanation:

The word "demonstrations" ends with the suffix -ion, which typically forms nouns. In the context of the civil rights address, it refers to public acts of protesting in response to repressive police action.

Answer:

B. acts of protesting; noun