Question

Read this sentence from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War.”
The United States was at peace with that Nation and . . . was still in conversation with its Government . . . looking toward the maintenance of peace . . .


Which key idea does Roosevelt develop in this sentence?




-Roosevelt wants to stress that the United States has reputation to uphold as the peacekeeper among nations.


-Roosevelt wants to make an emotional appeal to his audience to wait for more information from Japan before declaring war.


-Roosevelt wants to stress that Japan has deceived the United States to support his request to go to war.


-Roosevelt wants to appeal to logic and patriotism in his audience, but also remind them of the cost of war.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer would the first one - Peacekeepers.

Explanation:

The last line would say it all and save us the explanation - "looking towards the maintenance of peace."

Answer 2

In this line, Roosevelt emphasizes that "the United States was still attempting to maintain peace with the government of the nation with which it was at peace, even as it requested a declaration of war."

• Roosevelt emphasizes in this line that the US had not yet given up on peaceful discussions with the government of the country with which it was still at peace, despite the necessity to request a declaration of war.

• Roosevelt introduced the crucial premise that the United States was still wanting to retain peace with the government of the nation with which it was at peace, despite the necessity to request a declaration of war.

• This concept is significant because it emphasizes the severity and gravity of the choice to go to war, as well as the reality that the US did not make this decision carelessly.

• This appeals to his audience's rationality and patriotism by emphasizing that the US had exhausted all other possibilities, and war was the only one left.

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