Asked by Mikayla Pearson on Apr 30, 2024
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What was so ironic about Dean Acheson's speech to the Delta Council in 1947?
A) Acheson praised the president's defense of democratic institutions in a place that did not know democracy.
B) Acheson was urging the gathering of cotton planters to automate production, while the Democrats were pushing for fair wages for black farmworkers.
C) Acheson was delivering a speech meant for new African-American Democrats in Mississippi to a gathering of white supremacists.
D) The Under Secretary of State was warning the same audience against the Cold War that had already heard Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech a month prior.
E) Acheson had delivered the same speech to the council the year before.
Dean Acheson
A prominent American statesman and lawyer who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman, playing a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War.
Cold War
The Cold War, spanning from the conclusion of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, involved a prolonged state of political and military tension between the United States along with its allies and the Soviet Union, marked by aggressive rhetoric, espionage, and acts other than direct military conflict.
- Grasp the concept of the Cold War's ideological battle and its effects on American political, social, and economic life.
- Analyze how the rhetoric of freedom and democracy was utilized and contested during the Cold War.
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Zybrea KnightMay 05, 2024
Final Answer :
A
Explanation :
Acheson's speech praising the president's defense of democratic institutions in a place that did not fully embrace democracy for all its citizens, particularly African Americans, highlights the irony.
Learning Objectives
- Grasp the concept of the Cold War's ideological battle and its effects on American political, social, and economic life.
- Analyze how the rhetoric of freedom and democracy was utilized and contested during the Cold War.