Claim: The tea set is the most historically significant artifact because it represents the control the upper classes had over the masses in the 1800s.

Reason: The upper classes used tea to manipulate the masses into being more productive.

Which statement provides the most effective evidence for the claim and reason?

A) “This tea set shows that by the 1840s, when Wedgwood produced it, the company was aiming at a much wider market.”
B) “In 1785, under pressure from the law-abiding tea traders, the government slashed the duty on tea, which wiped out the illegal smuggling trade virtually overnight.”
C) “The desire to have a working population that was sober and industrious was very strong, and there was a great deal of [tea] propaganda to that effect.”

the answer is c: “The desire to have a working population that was sober and industrious was very strong, and there was a great deal of [tea] propaganda to that effect.”

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)