English 40 ! find the (cause/effect, chronological problem/solution, compare/contrast, sequential order)? give specific examples of how you came to that conclusion. the discussion produced three distinct choices for u. s. action, ranging from the purely diplomatic to a full-scale military assault. each of the three had supporters within excomm and president kennedy weighed each carefully. on october 20, president kennedy decided on a blockade of cuba by the u. s. navy to prevent further shipments of military supplies to the island. the president decided to use the word “quarantine” instead of the word “blockade” because international law considered a blockade to be an act of war. this option allowed the president to steer a middle course among excomm’s varied options. cuban president fidel castro was convinced that the united states was going to attack cuba. on october 26, 1962, he wrote a letter to soviet leader nikita khrushchev.

sunflower is pretty good, roses is decent though the song isn't that good, those are the best two i could think of

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)