1. This speech contains one of the most famous lines from Presidential speeches in U. S.
history: "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country"
(Paragraph 26). What did Kennedy mean? What was Kennedy's purpose in including this
statement in his speech? Do you think that Americans are currently taking his advice? Why
or why not?

How did the construction of the erie canal improve transportation in the united states in the 1820s? a. the canal connected the great lakes to the mississippi river. b. the canal connected the great lakes to the ohio river. c. the canal connected the atlantic and pacific oceans. d. the canal connected the great lakes to the atlantic ocean.

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.

What types of subjects did public high schools in the 1900s emphasize and why