Question 1
Part A

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

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

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.

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

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

Imust go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and all i ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; and the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, and a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking, i must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; and all i ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, and the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. i must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, to the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; and all i ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, and a quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over. —"sea fever,” john masefield read the poem, then use the drop-down menus to identify the mood of each stanza. the mood of the first stanza is (reflective-excited-regretful) the mood of the second stanza is (angry-urgent-sorrowful) the mood of the third stanza is (vengeful-peaceful-energetic)