Question

Select the correct answer. What argument is Franklin D. Roosevelt making in this excerpt from his "Four Freedoms" speech? A. Roosevelt is warning isolationists that America cannot depend on any other nation for protection. B. Roosevelt is warning isolationists that American democracy will collapse if Germany wins the war. C. Roosevelt is suggesting that the United States will have to ally itself with Britain and the allies to protect human rights around the world. D. Roosevelt is warning Americans that they will have to cooperate with the government during the war. E. Roosevelt is suggesting that America must enter the war to prevent the collapse of democracies in Europe.

Answer 1

B. Roosevelt is suggesting that the united States will have to ally itself

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) Roosevelt is warning isolationists that American democracy will collapse if Germany wins the war.  

Roosevelt is making the following argument in the excerpt of his “Four Freedoms” speech: Roosevelt is warning isolationists that American democracy will collapse if Germany wins the war.  

President Roosevelt is addressing Americans, warning them that isolationism doesn’t guarantee the United States that it is safe from the war and its consequences. America should get ready to be an active participant in the war and protect fundamental rights. President Roosevelt also warned that if Germany won the war, democracy would collapse.

President Roosevelt delivered his “Four Freedoms” speech on January 6, 1941, during his State of the Union.