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 inform to inform

( ) to entertain to entertain

( ) to evaluate to evaluate

( ) to persuade to persuade

Answer 1

(X) to persuade

Roosevelt uses moral and patriotic language to urge support for conservation and a national role in protecting resources, aiming to convince his audience.