Which sentence provides a reason for the author’s claim?

(1) currently, different states have different laws regarding seat belt usage. (2) for instance, in some states, only people in the front seat of a vehicle are required to wear a seat belt. (3) all states should pass equally strict laws that make wearing seat belts mandatory for all passengers and drivers.

(4) statistics show that seat belts reduce serious crash-related injuries and deaths by fifty percent. (5) as a result of stronger regulations in various states, seat belt usage in the united states has dramatically increased in the past thirty years. (6) some people believe that the government does not have the right to force people to be safe, and that these laws are unfair. (7) the bottom line is that seat belts are proven to save lives; therefore, everyone should be forced to wear one if they want to travel by car or truck.

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All states should pass equally strict laws that make wearing seat belts mandatory for all passengers and drivers.

Explanation:

A Claim is the main idea of your text, but it lacks support or evidence. Those are things that you are supposed to provide along the text while leaving a claim open, but just enough for a debate in which you might show your evidences, counter-claims, and more.

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)