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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/obama_unity.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Obama Appeals for Unity, Warns of Threats to Democracy' data-article-id='2139'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10229'>In his final speech as president, Barack Obama said he is more hopeful now than when he was first elected.</span> <span data-start-time='10229' data-end-time='19208'>He called for unity and for all Americans to stay involved in the country’s democracy.</span> <span data-start-time='19208' data-end-time='27167'>Obama went home to Chicago, Illinois to give his last speech as president.</span> <span data-start-time='27167' data-end-time='31375'>He leaves office on January 20.</span> <span data-start-time='31375' data-end-time='39042'>Chicago was where his political career started more than 20 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='39042' data-end-time='44396'>On Tuesday night, he spoke to thousands of supporters.</span> <span data-start-time='44396' data-end-time='48396'>Thank you! It's good to be home! Thank you!</span> <span data-start-time='48396' data-end-time='53479'>Obama took a look back on his eight years as president.</span> <span data-start-time='53479' data-end-time='62792'>He said the United States is a “better, stronger place” than when he took office in 2009.</span> <span data-start-time='62792' data-end-time='70333'>People cheered as he listed some of the things his administration has done.</span> <span data-start-time='70333' data-end-time='87625'>"If I had told you eight years ago that America would reverse a great recession, reboot our auto industry, and unleash the longest stretch of job creation in our history</span> <span data-start-time='87625' data-end-time='102917'>if I had told you that we would open up a new chapter with the Cuban people, shut down Iran's nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, and take out the mastermind of 9/11</span> <span data-start-time='102917' data-end-time='123063'>if I had told you that we would win marriage equality, and secure the right to health insurance for another 20 million of our fellow citizens...</span> <span data-start-time='123063' data-end-time='130333'>if I had told you all that, you might have said our sights were set a little too high."</span> <span data-start-time='130333' data-end-time='141479'>Recognizing the current political divide in the country, Obama urged Americans to seek common ground with one another.</span> <span data-start-time='141479' data-end-time='154542'>He said that while "democracy does not require uniformity," it does "require a basic sense of solidarity."</span> <span data-start-time='154542' data-end-time='163729'>Obama is the first African American to serve as president of the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='163729' data-end-time='174125'>After his election, there was talk of a “post-racial” America one where race is not important.</span> <span data-start-time='174125' data-end-time='190229'>But Obama said race is a still a “potent and often divisive force” -- meaning that it is still a strong issue, and one that divides people.</span> <span data-start-time='190229' data-end-time='202958'>The president warned that the nation faces threats to democracy, such as issues of economic and racial inequality.</span> <span data-start-time='202958' data-end-time='212479'>Obama said the United States has to guard against weakening its values because of fear. </span> <span data-start-time='212479' data-end-time='224021'>One of the loudest cheers he received was when he said he rejects discrimination against Muslim Americans.</span> <span data-start-time='224021' data-end-time='232042'>The president said he was more hopeful about the country now than when he took office.</span> <span data-start-time='232042' data-end-time='238771'>He called on Americans to stay involved in the democratic process.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/democratic_process.m4a'><span>democratic process</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/marriage_equality.m4a'><span>marriage equality</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/division_over_race.m4a'><span>division over race</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/unity_based_on_common_interests_or_beliefs.m4a'><span>unity based on common interests or beliefs</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7927 data-hint-location='130333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/what_did_the_president_urge_americans_to_do.m4a'>What did the President urge Americans to do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='seek common ground'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/promote_bigotry.m4a'><span>promote bigotry</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/deny_health_insurance.m4a'><span>deny health insurance</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/support_inequality.m4a'><span>support inequality</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/seek_common_ground.m4a'><span>seek common ground</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7928 data-hint-location='154542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/obama_is_the_first__blank__to_serve_as_president_of_the_united_states.m4a'>Obama is the first <span class='blank'>African American</span> to serve as President of the United States.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='African American'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/politician.m4a'><span>politician</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/republican.m4a'><span>Republican</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/democrat.m4a'><span>Democrat</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1621/african_american.m4a'><span>African American</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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