What is the premise of the following text? “ the executive government of the united states, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.”

a. the u. s. government intends to continue the practice of slavery.
b. the u. s. government intends to recognize blacks as free citizens.
c. the u. s. military will not be required to recognize freed slaves.
d. the u. s. military is hereby required to allow blacks to serve.

The right answer is "B. The U.S. government intends to recognize blacks as free citizens. "

The explanation for this answer is that the text makes it very clear that the government and the military will recognize and maintain the freedom of slaves, nor will it attempt to take away this freedom already conquered.

This can be noted already at the beginning of the text, where it is written:

"...and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons..."

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)

if this is referring to star wars, han shot first.