Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

History Through Speech Set 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who said it? "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself"

a)

FDR, Franklin D Rooselvelt

b)

JFK, John Kennedy

c)

President Trump

2.

Study the image. Which president delivered this speech?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Harry Truman

e)

John Kennedy

3.

Study the image. Which president delivered this speech?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Harry Truman

e)

John Kennedy

4.

This president was the only military general to be elected president in the 20th Century.

a)

Nixon

b)

Truman

c)

Eisenhower

d)

Carter

e)

Teddy Roosevelt

5.

In this speech, what was President Eisenhower warning us about?

a)

weak economy

b)

foreign powers attacking us again

c)

military production becoming too powerful of a force

d)

the need to increase our Navy and Army with modern weapons

6.

Study the image. Which president is in the image?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Harry Truman

e)

John Kennedy

7.

Who said it? "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"

a)

FDR, Franklin D Rooselvelt

b)

JFK, John Kennedy

c)

President Trump

d)

President Nixon

e)

President Ford

8.

In which country did President Kennedy deliver this speech: Ich Bin Ein Berliner!

a)

France

b)

United States

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

e)

Canada

9.

During which war did President Kennedy deliver this speech: Ich Bin Ein Berliner?

a)

Civil War

b)

World War II

c)

Cold War

d)

Gulf War

e)

Korean War

10.

Which movement in America was the backdrop for this speech: I Have a Dream?

a)

Right to Life

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Equal Rights Amendment

d)

Roe v Wade

e)

Pro Choice

11.

Who gave this speech?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Martin Luther King

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Nelson Mandela

e)

Stokely Carmichael

12.

Which rhetorical technique is Martin Luther King using in this speech where he begins each sentence with "somewhere I read..."

a)

anaphora

b)

parallelism

c)

Tone

d)

Diction

e)

emphasis

13.

Which below is an appropriate response to the speech referenced in this image?

a)

WOW!!

b)

AMAZING!!

c)

POWERFUL!!