100 points !
as you read the excerpt below, identify the ideas that would be included in a summary of the passage.

worn deep and wide by the migration of three hundred thousand people, lined by the graves of twenty thousand dead, witness of romance and tragedy, the oregon trail is unique in history and will always be sacred to the memories of the pioneers.

which sentence represents the main idea and therefore must be included in a summary?

a. there will never be another place like the oregon trail in our country’s history.

b. travel along the oregon trail was a unique and meaningful event in american history.

c. so many people used the oregon trail that it became worn down.

d. pioneers believe the oregon trail to be sacred because 300,000 traveled it.

I would say its B.

Explanation: A is an opionion it should be a fact. B was stated in the passage. C it never said it was really worned down did it? D it never told us if 300,000 people tarveled it EXACTLY.

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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)