Question

Which quotation about America’s low morale is based on fallacious reasoning? “This is the direct cause of the long lines which have made millions of you spend aggravating hours waiting for gasoline.” “For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.” “On the battlefield of energy we can win for our Nation a new confidence, and we can seize control again of our common destiny.” “. . .we've gone from a position of energy independence to one in which almost half the oil we use comes from foreign countries. . .”

Answer 1

your answer will be

“. . .we've gone from a position of energy independence to one in which almost half the oil we use comes from foreign countries. . .”

Answer 2

The correct answer is the first option "This is the direct cause of the long lines which have made millions of you spend aggravating hours waiting for gasoline.” Fallacious reasoning is the use of an invalid rationale for the construction of an argument, which can be used intentionally or as a cause of ignorance. In this case, the waiting for the lack of gasoline had been exagerated by stating that "millions of you spend aggravating hours waiting for gasoline." This statement implies that at least 2 million people had spent at least 2 hours waiting for gasoline, data which seems very unlikely and hard to prove.