"meeting" in the sentence is a noun because it is a thing, more like an event. the definition of a noun is a person, place, or thing. hope this helps!
The correct answer is: Willingness to defend the country.
On this excerpt, Roosevelt says that Americans need to embrace their patriotism and put it ahead of their pocketbooks, paying a greater amount of money in taxes in order to pay for a defense program, which ultimately means that they will be defending the country if they support this taxation.
Explanation:
you need to find the identity and content of the editorrials so you can know what site is it
C. is the answer
Forgive me if I am wrong, just correct me with a comment!