Directions: In no less than 250 words answer the following question: What does "The United States of America" mean to you?

The United States of America is a Democratic Republic. It is made of 50 states that have their own governments, but the whole country functions under a federal government. The United States of America is governed by a president, who can be replaced by a vice president if the president is unable to be president. The Speaker of the House of Commons will become the vice president if the current president is replaced by the vice president. States are also ruled by governors, mayors, and each state is represented by at least two senators. America has a constitution, which consists of a Preamble, 7 articles, and 27 amendments, in which the first ten are considered the Bill of Rights. The constitution can be changed, but has only had seventeen amendments added in over 200 years. America is also known to be the first country that had a president and was a democratic republic, as most other countries when the United States was formed functioned under a king. America also has the strongest military in the world, and has one of the strongest economies in the world. America used to be thirteen states which were ruled as colonies by England. The United States gained independence from England on July 4, 1776. American's celebrate July 4 as independence day with fireworks and family gatherings. The United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area, the world's third most populous country in the world, and the 25th most democratic country in the world.

 there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddle rs who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America.

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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)