Read the excerpt from “John Burns: The Unlikely Civil War Hero.” When John Burns heard of the fight to keep the Union in 1861, he immediately knew that he wanted help. Burns was a veteran of the War of 1812. The forty-nine years since seemed to have flown by mighty fast, and now war had come calling again. John stood, straightened his 67-year-old back, and marched down to the Gettysburg recruiter.

Which detail from this excerpt best supports the central idea that Burns was an experienced soldier?

Burns lived near historic Gettysburg.
Burns strongly supported the Union.
Burns was a 67-year-old man.
Burns was a veteran of the War of 1812.

Your answer tho to this question will be:

Explanation: It shows that he is very skilled to be in the 1861 war, Hope I helped

i think that will have something to do with the mississippi river but google will know the full answer for sure

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)