Question

Which sentence from the excerpt best shows why Roosevelt believes these "basic things" are important to the United States? (4 points)
I have called for personal sacrifice. I am assured of the willingness of almost all Americans to respond to that call.
A good society is able to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear.
If the Congress maintains these principles, the voters, putting patriotism ahead of pocketbooks, will give you their applause.
Many subjects connected with our social economy call for immediate improvement.
The inner and abiding strength of our economic and political systems is dependent upon the degree to which they fulfill these expectations.

Answer 1

I think that the sentence which best shows the importance of those things is the following:
The inner and abiding strength of our economic and political systems is dependent upon the degree to which they fulfill these expectations

The importance of the things is visible through the fact that the strength of the economic system depends on it.