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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms" speech.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
It introduces the claim that patriotic Americans should be willing to sacrifice and pay extra taxes.
B
It provides the reason why extra taxes must be collected should America decide to join the war.
C
It counters the claim that extra taxes may not be collected fairly or put to good and honest use.
D
It offers evidence that Americans can trust their president should extra taxes be collected.
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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms" speech.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
values.
B
reason.
C
feelings.
D
character.
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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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Which ideas are addressed by both Roosevelt and Lincoln? Select 2 options.

A
the importance of equality
B
the importance of freedom
C
the importance of taxation
D
the importance of avoiding war
E
the importance of lost soldiers
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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.

A
Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.
B
Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them.
C
Our strength is our unity of purpose.
D
To that high concept there can be no end save victory.
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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms" speech.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.To that new order we oppose the greater conception—the moral order.

A
warn of increasing danger.
B
outline the plan for attack.
C
make him sound credible.
D
define the word tyranny.
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A
claim
B
evidence
C
rebuttal
D
conclusion
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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 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.

A
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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