Oklahoma State Franklin Delano Roosevelts Speech The Four Freedoms Questions

Q1: What was Roosevelt trying to achieve with this speech, particularly with his opening discussion of American history from 1789 through the end of World War I? Can you think of another way to tell this history?

Q2: According to the document’s authors, how should the United States respond to the Soviet threat? Why shouldn’t the United States continue on its current path? Why don’t the authors support immediate negotiations with the Soviet Union? When do they think negotiations might be fruitful, and what would they hope to achieve with this kind of diplomacy?

. After reading all of the documents, respond with at least one direct quote per question from the primary source document(s) — the introductory text at the start of each document does not count for a citation.