The amount of lands owned by Britain and France increased the rivalry with Germany who had entered the scramble to aquire colonies late and only had small <span>area of Africa.</span>
Freedom to speech, worship, from want and fear.
Roosevelt delivered his speech 11 months before the US declared war on Japan. State of Union and the threat to other Democrats from World War that was being wades across the continents in the eastern hemisphere. The 1st two are protected by the 1st Amendment. The later 2 went went beyond the traditional Constitutional values protected by the US bill of rights<span />
The most economic event was the civil war i hope this helps