What is the Claim. Evidence Reasoning By asking each political party in every state to include one man and one
woman on its ticket for Senate races, the US government would help
close the gender gap in the Senate. According to the Center for American
Women and Politics, only 21% of US Senate seats were occupied by
women in 2017. A study conducted by Political Parity, a nonpartisan
organization, shows that the biggest barriers blocking women from
running for Senate are fundraising needs and the parties' perceived
preference for male candidates. Clearly, requiring political parties to
support female candidates for the Senate would help create a
government that more fairly represents American women.

The claim of the paragraph seems to be how the US government can help close the gender gap in the Senate and what the gap is caused by and what will come of getting rid of that gap.

Some evidence is the first sentence, which it says "the US government would help  close the gender gap in the Senate". Also, it has statistical evidence, such as "only 21% of US Senate seats were occupied by  women in 2017." that tell more of the gender gap, along with "A study conducted by Political Parity, a nonpartisan  organization, shows that the biggest barriers blocking women from  running for Senate are fundraising needs and the parties' perceived  preference for male candidates.". And then, to tell what will become of America be removing that gap, it says "requiring political parties to

support female candidates for the Senate would help create a

government that more fairly represents American women.".

Explanation:

I was never the best at identifying claims, but I did my best. Hope this helps.

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)