Question 1
Part A

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


Diplomatic negotiations with Japan fell apart recently with little warning.


Diplomatic negotiations with Japan were going well, and Roosevelt hopes the conflict will be short-lived.


There was no response to the latest American attempts to keep peace in the Pacific.


The United States needs to go to war, though it is uncertain whether it can win a war with Japan.

Question 2
Part B

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


Roosevelt suggests that Japan had intended to attack even while supposedly maintaining peaceful negotiations.

Roosevelt states plainly that there was no response to the latest U.S. diplomatic communication.

Roosevelt mentions a negative reply to U.S. negotiations arriving one hour after Japanese air squadrons had started bombing.

Roosevelt mentions a series of exchanges between the United States and Japan over a period of time.