Question

Which quotation from Roosevelt’s request for a declaration of war is an example of a hasty generalization?

“I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost.”
“I interpret the will of the Congress.”
“We will gain the inevitable triumph.”
“A state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.”

Answer 1

“We will gain the inevitable triumph.”

Reason: This asserts a broad, inevitable outcome (victory) based on limited evidence from the attack—an unwarranted general conclusion, which is the essence of a hasty generalization.