Question

remarks on the signing of the civil rights act
select the correct answer
passage paragraph 1
my fellow americans, i am about to sign into law the civil rights act of 1964.
johnson used the first sentence of his speech to call attention to his ______
a. claim
b. purpose
c. audience
d. message

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the context of a speech about the Civil Rights Act. The first sentence of Johnson's speech ("My fellow Americans, I am about to sign into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964") is used to call attention to his purpose (the action of signing the law, which is the purpose of the speech). "Claim" is more about an argument, "audience" is who he's addressing, and "message" is broader content, but here the focus is the purpose of the speech (signing the law). So the correct option is B.

Answer:

B. purpose