Which piece of textual evidence best supports the inference that the british waited until they were sure the telegram would encourage the us to enter the war? “leaders didn’t present the zimmermann telegram to wilson for a few weeks.” “that policy provoked the u. s. government to cut diplomatic relations with germany” “hall sensed that [it] would tip the balance in favor of the u. s. joining the allied forces” “congress of the united states declared war on germany and its allies.”

e2020 answer is C. “Hall sensed that [it] would tip the balance in favor of the U.S. joining the Allied forces”

“Hall sensed that [it] would tip the balance in favor of the U.S. joining the Allied forces”

This states the same as the question prompt. In this evidence it shows that there is an assumption that it, the telegram, will result in the "U.S. joining the Allied forces." In the first option it only shows that people waited to show Wilson the telegram, not that it would make an impact on the decision to declare war. The second option doesn't work because it speaks of the policy provoking the U.S., but does not give any indication that the British were waiting or had any interest in what the U.S. would do. The last option simply states that the U.S. declared war. It doesn't show any hesitation or evidence of the telegram.

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)

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4