Question

"The
Gettysburg
Address"
by Abraham Lincoln
Use the passages to answer the question.

LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL

Credit Line: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” April 16, 1963. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.

What is significant about the date each seminal document was written?

(1 point)
King intentionally wrote his letter one hundred years after Lincoln’s speech to draw attention to the ongoing injustices Black citizens faced.
King intentionally wrote his letter one hundred years after Lincoln’s speech to draw attention to the ongoing injustices Black citizens faced.

Lincoln’s speech and King’s letter were written the same year, but in different states, bringing attention to the widespread issue of racism in America.
Lincoln’s speech and King’s letter were written the same year, but in different states, bringing attention to the widespread issue of racism in America.

One hundred years after Lincoln’s speech, King wonders why America’s Black citizens still do not have rights equal to white citizens.
One hundred years after Lincoln’s speech, King wonders why America’s Black citizens still do not have rights equal to white citizens.

Even though they deal with similar themes, Lincoln’s speech and King’s letter are otherwise unrelated because they were written so far apart.

Answer 1

One hundred years after Lincoln’s speech, King wonders why America’s Black citizens still do not have rights equal to white citizens.