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Questions and Answers
What does the speaker suggest about the presidency based on her observations of her husband?
What does the speaker suggest about the presidency based on her observations of her husband?
- It provides individuals with an opportunity to reinvent themselves on a national stage.
- It reveals a person's pre-existing character, highlighting their inherent traits. (correct)
- It fundamentally alters a person's character, imposing new values and priorities.
- It shields individuals from the consequences of their actions, fostering a sense of invincibility.
What aspect of the First Lady's life before Washington does she emphasize to connect with the audience?
What aspect of the First Lady's life before Washington does she emphasize to connect with the audience?
- Her academic achievements and professional accomplishments prior to her husband's political career.
- Her involvement in high-profile philanthropic endeavors and charitable organizations.
- Her ordinary family life, including soccer games, visits to grandma's, and modest date nights. (correct)
- Her extensive international travels and exposure to diverse cultures.
What does the speaker imply about the accessibility of the 'American dream' based on her personal experience?
What does the speaker imply about the accessibility of the 'American dream' based on her personal experience?
- The American dream is primarily reserved for those with privilege and access to exclusive opportunities.
- The American dream is an outdated concept that no longer reflects the realities of modern society.
- The American dream is often hindered by factors such as student loan debt and economic inequality. (correct)
- The American dream is equally attainable for everyone, regardless of their background or circumstances.
What motivates Barack's decision to prioritize health reform, according to the First Lady?
What motivates Barack's decision to prioritize health reform, according to the First Lady?
What does the story of the rusted-out car and dumpster coffee table reveal?
What does the story of the rusted-out car and dumpster coffee table reveal?
How does the speaker connect her personal experiences to broader political goals?
How does the speaker connect her personal experiences to broader political goals?
Which best describes the appeal to the audience at the conclusion of the speech?
Which best describes the appeal to the audience at the conclusion of the speech?
What assumption underlies the speaker’s assertion that children should have a foundation for their dreams and opportunities?
What assumption underlies the speaker’s assertion that children should have a foundation for their dreams and opportunities?
What is the most likely reason the First Lady includes the detail about her and Barack's combined student loan debt?
What is the most likely reason the First Lady includes the detail about her and Barack's combined student loan debt?
The phrase 'limitless possibility' suggests that the speaker believes America offers:
The phrase 'limitless possibility' suggests that the speaker believes America offers:
Flashcards
Presidential revelation
Presidential revelation
The essence of a person is revealed, not changed, by the experience of being president.
Health reform priority
Health reform priority
Obama prioritized the well-being of families over political convenience when he refused to delay health reform.
Limitless possibility
Limitless possibility
The belief that in America, there is always something better out there if you're willing to work for it.
Study Notes
- Over the past few years, as First Lady, I have had the extraordinary privilege of traveling all across this country.
- Everywhere I've gone, in the people I've met, and the stories I've heard, I have seen the very best of the American spirit.
- Our life before moving to Washington was filled with simple joys.
- Saturdays were spent at soccer games, Sundays at grandma's house.
- A date night for Barack and me was either dinner or a movie, because as an exhausted mom, I couldn't stay awake for both.
- Even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door
- He was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster
- Today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are – it reveals who you are.
- When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president.
- He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically – that's not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to do.
- When we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage. We were so young, so in love, and so in debt.
- If we want to give all our children a foundation for their dreams and opportunities worthy of their promise if we want to give them that sense of limitless possibility – that belief that here in America, there is always something better out there if you're willing to work for it then we must work like never before and we must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward my husband, our President, President Barack Obama.
- Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America
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