of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of
Germany within the Mediterranean.
It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has
stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been
sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is
to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must
be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our
motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious
assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we
are only a single champion.
Which best states if the speech is effective or ineffective?
Oineffective because it still involves the U.S. in a World War
effective because President Wilson outlines the emotional reasons for entering the war
effective because President Wilson is a good, strong speaker
ineffective because the speech made Congress angry
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