Question

Use the excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism speech to answer the question.

Of all the questions which can come before this nation . . . there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us. . . . Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation. Let me add that the health and vitality of our people are at least as well worth conserving as their forests, waters, lands, and minerals, and in this great work the national government must bear a most important part.

What is Roosevelt's purpose in this statement?

(1 point)
Responses

to evaluate
to evaluate

to inform
to inform

to persuade
to persuade

to entertain

Answer 1

to persuade

Roosevelt is urging action and arguing that conservation is a moral and patriotic duty, trying to convince his audience to support national conservation efforts.