<span>There was a strain of the population that, while they were sympathetic to the idea of getting involved in the European conflict, were worried that this would have a financial and human cost that the country did not want nor need to be burdened with.</span>
The correct answer is C). whether they should approve Roosevelt's request for more funding.
The main concern of the portion of Roosevelt's audience who were members of Congress was <em>whether they should approve roosevelt's request for more funding.
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At the end of 1939, Roosevelt requested the Congress the approval of $80 million to support the military to accelerate its rearmament. He listened to the recommendation of Harold Starks to spend $4 million to help the U.S. Navy in order to equal the fleet of England. Roosevelt encountered the Republican members opposition and finally, the amount of money authorized by Congress was $1.3 billion.
To try to compensate the situation, Roosevelt created a plan to sell weapons to France and Great Britain.
The one that differentiates Christopher columbus from Bartolomeu Dias is : Columbus planned to reach Asia by sailing west across Atlantic Ocean, while Dias hope to reach Asia by sailing around Africa and through the Indian Ocean.