Read the excerpt from "Farewell Address” by Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Progress toward these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world. It commands our whole attention, absorbs our very beings. We face a hostile ideology—global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method.
Read the excerpt from "Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress” by Lyndon B. Johnson.
And let all know we will extend no special privilege and impose no persecution. We will carry on the fight against poverty and misery, and disease and ignorance, in other lands and in our own.
Which statement best contrasts how the speakers approach the topic of other countries?
Eisenhower is worried about how the United States appears to other countries, while Johnson plans to improve the United States’ reputation.
Eisenhower is concerned about other countries’ anger toward the United States, while Johnson hopes to provide support to other countries.
Eisenhower believes that other countries are less dedicated to peaceful goals than the United States is, while Johnson believes that the US has a lot in common with other countries.
Eisenhower thinks that other countries are suffering from the war more than the United States is, while Johnson believes that the United States should focus on aid at home.
