Part a: which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?
a. the government was cautious about communist spies and relied solely on senator joseph mccarthy to
contain communism in america.
b. following world war ii, americans became increasingly frightened by the prospect of nuclear war and began
invading other countries to contain communism.
c. joseph mccarthy used fear to manipulate americans and government officials into wrongfully accusing and
convicting people of being secret communists.
d. mccarthyism created national panic in the 1950s by falsely reporting that communism was present in
america, even though it had historically only been present overseas.

Explanation:

I could not find the text that is missing in your question but I will try to help you in some sort of way so you can find it by yourself.

Central idea of the text is representing the most important thing that people can pull out of it. Usually, the central idea is representing the idea that is mostly described in the passage.

For example, If you text is considering description of communist spies and communism in America, then the correct answer and the central idea should be answer A).

A). The government was cautious about communist spies and relied solely on Senator Joseph McCarthy to  contain communism in America.

Explanation:

As per the question, option A i.e. 'The government was cautious about communist spies and relied solely on Senator Joseph McCarthy to  contain communism in America' displays the statement that most appropriately identifies the key idea of the text. It identifies the dominating idea that unifies all the elements of the text together in one single thought i.e. 'the government was vigilant towards the communist spies and entirely depend upon the Senator Joseph for containing communism in United States.' Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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)

i would think its c but i'm not sure