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Primary Sources - Famous Speeches: Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference"

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Read the passage Famous Speeches: Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference." Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Famous Speeches: Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference." Then answer the questions below.
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1.

What was the purpose of Elie Wiesel's speech?

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2.

Which ideas would the author support? Select two correct answers.

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3.

Drag each choice into the correct box to identify which historical examples Wiesel used in the speech.

  • the Holocaust
  • the Indian Independence Movement
  • the Rwandan Genocide
  • the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
  • the World Wars
  • the Great Depression
  • Examples in the speech
  • Examples not in the speech
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