What does roosevelt mean when he says a muck-raker is like a person who "fixes his eyes only on that which is vile and debasing"? a he is comparing muck-rakers with people who enjoy creating problems. b he is comparing muck-rakers with people who focus on negative things. c he is establishing a standard from which to judge whether people are good or bad. d he is establishing a standard of what is good muck-raking and what is bad muck-raking.

He is comparing muck-rakers with people who focus on negative things.  The correct option is B.

Roosevelt was highlighting that all of these"muckrakers" as he dubbed them only reported on the bad aspects and never on the good ones. He claimed this because as reporters they were focusing more on getting people to read their articles than telling the truth. Consequently, this gave way to several factual errors in their writings.  

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)

in night, why are wiesel and his father evacuated from the auschwitz concentration camp? a massive escape makes the nazis question the security of auschwitz. they are assigned to work as laborers in a factory at another camp, buna. hitler has ordered that all remaining jews be relocated within german borders. the german army needs the camp guards to go to the battle front for a last-chance defense.