Item 4 Question 1
Part A

What is a central idea in Roosevelt's "Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War"?

The United States will be victorious in a war with Japan.

The United States will go to war with Japan and will immediately call on its allies to do so as well.

The United States will go to war with Japan until that nation once again agrees to peaceful negotiations.

The United States does not want to go to war with Japan, but it will attack the Japanese mainland in retaliation.

Question 2
Part B

How does Roosevelt develop the central idea cited in Part A?

Roosevelt states that we are already at war with Japan but suggests that peaceful negotiations must resume.

Roosevelt makes a somewhat veiled reference that indicates that the support of our allies is needed.

Roosevelt states that the United States is already at war with Japan and expresses confidence in U. S. forces and the American people.

Roosevelt explains options for keeping the war limited so that the United States will achieve victory with minimal loss of life.