Read the excerpt from "finding unity in the alabama coal mines.”

nevertheless, the umwa was able to bridge the racial divide in that state, forming a powerful interracial labor union fifty years before the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s would make racial integration the rule of the land.

what is the connotation of the word powerful?

muscular
loud
energetic
influential

The correct answer is D. Influential

Explanation:

The connotative meaning of a word refers to the ideas or thoughts a word evokes for certain people or in a specific context and that usually differs from the literal meaning or the meaning the word has in the dictionary. In the case of the excerpt presented from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines" the author explains the way in which the UMWA or the United Mine Workers of America that  is a labor union in the U.S.  went beyond the racial issues that divided the state and create an interracial labor union, emphasizing this happened even before the civil rights movement, which was the moment that ended segregation occurred. This means the UMWA play an important role by forming a union that supported the end of racial issues. Considering the word "powerful" is the one used to describe the UMWA "powerful interracial labor " the connotation or ideas this word evokes in this context is "influential" as the author aims to show the role of the Union in changing the social situation in the 20th century by describing it as "powerful".

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)