Question

On the 3d of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean.
It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.


Which best states if the speech is effective or ineffective?

ineffective because it still involves the U.S. in a World War

effective because President Wilson outlines the emotional reasons for entering the war

effective because President Wilson is a good, strong speaker

ineffective because the speech made Congress angry

Answer 1

The correct answer is B)effective because President Wilson outlines the emotional reasons for entering the war.

Explanation:

The excerpt talks about the speech that the president Wilson had with the Congress, arguing with them about the decision that Germany took to sink all vessels that came and he also outlined the reasons why America should join the war. For the President Wilson was necessary to join the war on the grounds that they needed to fight for people's human rights. and he succeeded in outlining the reasons why America should join the war.

Answer 2

Answer:

B) effective because President Wilson outlines the emotional reasons for entering the war.

Explanation:

This section rotates around feelings and how everybody on this planet is the equivalent humanity. "But why did we win? Because others helped us; because of others related to us and wanted us to have the freedom we possess now.   So what reason do we have to not repay the ones who helped us when we needed it the most?"

Basically, Wilson is reminding everybody that we are all the equal, regardless of where we live or what we will be we are the equivalent. What's more, that implies that we battle with one another, for one another.