Question

Consider that President Roosevelet delivered the Four Freedoms speech on January 6, 1941. What is the historical context of this speech in relation to World War II?

Answer 1

FDR's Four Freedoms Speech during his State of the Union Address was mostly a direct reference to the oppression of Nazi Germany. Hitler's regime restricted freedom of speech, murdered dissidents, cut down on freedom of religion (Jews and even Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses and other Christian sects that were not strictly Lutheran were targeted terribly), and could be considered greedy and power-mongering. This means that the Nazis were against every freedom Roosevelt talked about in his speech. Part of the speech could also be construed as a warning against the Japanese at the time. This is important because it shows that he was already trying to get the American public used to the idea of being in a foreign war for the sake of other countries.
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