Question

read the excerpt from president woodrow wilson’s speech, “war message to congress.”

it is a war against all nations. american ships have been sunk, american lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. there has been no discrimination.

which emotion is president wilson most likely trying to evoke in his listeners?

○ sadness
○ pity
○ trust
○ remorse

Explanation:

Wilson describes American and neutral/friendly nations' ships sunk and lives lost without discrimination. This highlights unjust harm, aiming to make listeners feel sorrow for the losses. Pity is for others' misfortunes, but the focus on shared victimhood (including Americans) evokes personal sorrow. Trust and remorse are irrelevant here.

Answer:

sadness