Submit a 4–5 paragraph essay that compares and contrasts 1973 Nixon Press Conference Video & Transcript and President Richard M. Nixon: Re-election, Second Term, and Watergate. Draw conclusions from both texts to make your points. Support your statements with quotations and evidence from the texts. Write using clear and varied sentences. Make sure you review the grading rubric so that you understand how you will be graded.

Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States (1969–74), who, faced with almost ... Running for reelection in 1948, Nixon entered and won both the Democratic and ... (Asked at a press conference to describe Nixon's contributions to his ... Richard M. Nixon announcing the end of the Vietnam War, January 23, 1973.

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)