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D: What values about public office does Jordan’s speech express?
When she says, "My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution." This part addresses important themes such as unity, equality, accountability, and American ideals in which she believes in and thinks all American should agree to that.
Audience
A. House Judiciary committee, chairman and her colleagues
As you read, think about how you will answer the following questions
Question answer:
A: Barbara Jordan captures the attention of the audience with a strong message, when she makes the remark about the preamble to the Constitution, means that back when the constitution was made, black people (like her) were not considered full right citizens, therefore they were not included as "We, the people". –
C:
‘high crime and misdemeanors.’” The evidence against President Nixon is enough to show that he did know that money from his re-election campaign funded the Watergate burglaries (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972), and he did know of campaign official E. Howard Hunt’s participation in the burglary of a psychiatrist’s office to find damaging information against a political enemy (see September 9, 1971), as well as Hunt’s participation in the Dita Beard/ITT affair (see February 22, 1972), and “Hunt’s fabrication of cables designed to discredit the Kennedy administration.” The Nixon White House has not cooperated properly with Congress and the special Watergate prosecutor in turning over evidence under legal order demanding; Jordan says it was not clear that Nixon would even obey a Supreme Court ruling that the evidence must be given up (see July 24, 1974). Nixon has repeatedly lied to Congress, the investigators, and the US citizenry about what he knew and when he knew it, and has repeatedly attempted to “thwart the lawful investigation by
When she says, "My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution." This part addresses important themes such as unity, equality, accountability, and American ideals in which she believes in and thinks all American should agree to that.
Audience
A. House Judiciary committee, chairman and her colleagues
As you read, think about how you will answer the following questions
Question answer:
A: Barbara Jordan captures the attention of the audience with a strong message, when she makes the remark about the preamble to the Constitution, means that back when the constitution was made, black people (like her) were not considered full right citizens, therefore they were not included as "We, the people". –
C:
‘high crime and misdemeanors.’” The evidence against President Nixon is enough to show that he did know that money from his re-election campaign funded the Watergate burglaries (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972), and he did know of campaign official E. Howard Hunt’s participation in the burglary of a psychiatrist’s office to find damaging information against a political enemy (see September 9, 1971), as well as Hunt’s participation in the Dita Beard/ITT affair (see February 22, 1972), and “Hunt’s fabrication of cables designed to discredit the Kennedy administration.” The Nixon White House has not cooperated properly with Congress and the special Watergate prosecutor in turning over evidence under legal order demanding; Jordan says it was not clear that Nixon would even obey a Supreme Court ruling that the evidence must be given up (see July 24, 1974). Nixon has repeatedly lied to Congress, the investigators, and the US citizenry about what he knew and when he knew it, and has repeatedly attempted to “thwart the lawful investigation by