Question

"Patrick Henry Speech"
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death, Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775

by Patrick Henry

Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the
subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall
we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted?
Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm
which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated
ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and
Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our
supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In
vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for
hope. If we wish to be free—if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so
long contending—if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged,
and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be
obtained—we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

"Shirley Chisolm Speech"
Equal Rights for Women, Shirley Chisholm, May 21, 1969

by Shirley Chisolm

Prejudice against blacks is becoming unacceptable although it will take years to eliminate it. But it is doomed
because, slowly, white America is beginning to admit that it exists. Prejudice against women is still acceptable.
There is very little understanding yet of the immorality involved in double pay scales and the classification of most of
the better jobs as “for men only.”

Use the passages linked below to answer the question.

Short Passages from "Patrick Henry Speech" & "Shirley Chisolm Speech"
Which of the following describes a difference in ideas between these excerpts?


(1 point)

The first speaker has hope for change, while the second speaker expects the situation to remain as it is.

The first speaker claims that there is no way forward for change, while the second speaker questions which path forward will work.

The first speaker calls for change over time, while the second speaker calls for change at once.

The first speaker calls for change at once, while the second speaker expects change to happen gradually.

Answer 1

The fourth option.

Patrick Henry urges immediate action ("we must fight!"), while Shirley Chisholm describes change as happening slowly over years ("it will take years to eliminate it" / "slowly, white America is beginning to admit").