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Rhetoric and Structure in Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Speech Answers

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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms” speech.In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

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to convince them that they should be fearful should they decide not to fight
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to inform them that it is their duty to fight for democracy around the world
C
to inform them that he is knowledgeable about what lies ahead for America
D
to convince them that they must fight today to secure tomorrow’s freedoms
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Read the excerpts from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms" speech and Lincoln’s "Gettysburg Address.”Roosevelt:This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory.Lincoln:To be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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achieving victory no matter what the cost.
B
ending the war as quickly as possible.
C
preserving freedom far into the future.
D
making tough sacrifices for one’s nation.
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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms” speech.Our strength is our unity of purpose.

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a nation with only one cause.
B
a part of the same team.
C
a nation that sees no division.
D
a part of something grand.
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What were the intended effects of the rhetorical appeals used in this section of Roosevelt’s speech? Select 3 options.

A
to describe for Americans the potential dangers of not joining in the war
B
to remind Americans that they have always stood and fought for democracy
C
to convince Americans that joining in the war was the absolute right thing to do
D
to encourage Americans to enlist in the military so as to help fight in the war
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to persuade Americans that support for the war would ultimately lead to victory
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In Four Freedoms, when Roosevelt describes four freedoms (speech, worship, lack of want, and lack of fear) to support his claim that more taxes will need to be paid, he is using

A
feelings.
B
reasons.
C
evidence.
D
opinions.
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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms" speech.I have called for personal sacrifice. I am assured of the willingness of almost all Americans to respond to that call.A part of the sacrifice means the payment of more money in taxes. In my Budget Message I shall recommend that a greater portion of this great defense program be paid for from taxation than we are paying today. No person should try, or be allowed, to get rich out of this program; and the principle of tax payments in accordance with ability to pay should be constantly before our eyes to guide our legislation.

A
If Americans are willing to trust Roosevelt, it only makes sense that he will ensure that the tax money is well managed.
B
If Americans are willing to make a personal sacrifice, it only makes sense that they will be seen as both noble and patriotic.
C
If Americans feel it is right to enter the war, it only makes sense that they will have to pay more in taxes to cover the costs.
D
If Americans feel it is right to pay more taxes, it only makes sense that they should also agree it is right to enter the war.
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Read the excerpts from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms" speech and Lincoln’s "Gettysburg Address.”Roosevelt:I have called for personal sacrifice. I am assured of the willingness of almost all Americans to respond to that call.A part of the sacrifice means the payment of more money in taxes. In my Budget Message I shall recommend that a greater portion of this great defense program be paid for from taxation than we are paying today.Lincoln:Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

A
appreciate what others have already given.
B
make sacrifices for democratic principles.
C
follow what the government asks or expects.
D
enlist in the military and fight for freedom.
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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms.”The fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.

A
Fighting one war to escape a future war is not logical.
B
Joining the war will not keep America safe from attack.
C
Americans will be attacked if they do not join in the war.
D
A world free from fear is not possible in the near future.
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