read the excerpt from president ronald reagans speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election. a…

read the excerpt from president ronald reagans speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election. a popular novel of the 60s ended prophetically with its description of a \kindly, pleasant, greening land about to learn whether history still has a place for a nation so strangely composed of great ideals and uneasy compromise as she.\ that is really the question before us tonight: for the first time in our memory many americans are asking: does history still have a place for america, for her people, for her great ideals? there are some who answer \no\; that our energy is spent, our days of greatness at an end, that a great national malaise is upon us. they say we must cut our expectations, conserve and withdraw, that we must tell our children... not to dream as we once dreamed. which ideas from the excerpt would be most appropriate to include in a summary? select three options. popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today. many americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams. john wayne, nicknamed duke, was an iconic hollywood actor and filmmaker. president reagan believed that john wayne would argue that he was not the last american hero, because there are many more. duke wayne died as a symbol of the hollywood dream industry.

read the excerpt from president ronald reagans speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election. a popular novel of the 60s ended prophetically with its description of a \kindly, pleasant, greening land about to learn whether history still has a place for a nation so strangely composed of great ideals and uneasy compromise as she.\ that is really the question before us tonight: for the first time in our memory many americans are asking: does history still have a place for america, for her people, for her great ideals? there are some who answer \no\; that our energy is spent, our days of greatness at an end, that a great national malaise is upon us. they say we must cut our expectations, conserve and withdraw, that we must tell our children... not to dream as we once dreamed. which ideas from the excerpt would be most appropriate to include in a summary? select three options. popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today. many americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams. john wayne, nicknamed duke, was an iconic hollywood actor and filmmaker. president reagan believed that john wayne would argue that he was not the last american hero, because there are many more. duke wayne died as a symbol of the hollywood dream industry.

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Brief Explanations:

  1. The speech discusses Americans' doubts about the nation's place in history. The idea that many Americans have given up and think the nation is no longer great relates to this central theme.
  2. The novel - reference sets a context about the long - standing question of America's place in history, which is relevant to the speech's main point.
  3. The other options about John Wayne are off - topic as they do not pertain to the central question of America's place in history.

Answer:

A. Popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today. B. Many Americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams.