HELP! Part A
What is a central idea in Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address?

A. Freedom is a concept that many Americans do not understand completely

B. Large government has eroded personal freedom
and caused many other problems.

C. All Americans must be willing to make sacrifices in order to ensure prosperity for all.

D. There is little hope for the United States if it
continues in its current direction.

Part B
Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part
A?

A. "If no one among us is capable of governing
himself, then who among us has the capacity to
govern someone else? All of us together, in and out
of government, must bear the burden."

B. "We are not, as some would have us believe,
O doomed to an inevitable decline. I do not believe in
a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do."

C. "It is no coincidence that our present troubles
parallel and are proportionate to the intervention
and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government."

D. "Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on Earth."