Which evidence best supports the claim in an argumentative essay that the voting age should be changed to sixteen? a blog by a sixteen-year-old who works for a presidential campaign
a science magazine article about how sixteen-year-olds view adults
a research study showing that sixteen-year-olds can understand complex issues
a newspaper article about sixteen-year-olds in different cultures around the world

research study showing that 16 year olds can understand complex issues

Explanation:

this is the best evidence because if it's a study then that mean there's proof to it and it's unbiased. the first option is biased because they work for the campaign, the second has no relation to why they should vote at 16 because it's only how they view adults, and the last one also has no relation to it because it's just about different cultures and 16 year olds in those parts.

a research study showing that sixteen-year-olds can understand complex issues

Explanation:

it makes the most sense, and a research study with a credible author is the most credible source.

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)