"FDR 1941 State ofthe Union Address"

Question

by Franklin D. Roosevelt
In the future days, which we seek to make secure,we look forward to a world founded upon fouressential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worshipGod in his own way-- everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want--which, translatedinto world terms, means economic understandingswhich will secure to every nation a healthypeacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in theworld.
The fourth is freedom from fear--which, translatedinto world terms, means a world-wide reduction ofarmaments to such a point and in such a thoroughfashion that no nation will be in a position to commitan act of physical aggression against any neighbor--anywhere in the world.
That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is adefinite basis for a kind of world attainable in ourown time and generation. That kind of world is thevery antithesis of the so-called new order of tyrannywhich the dictators seek to create with the crash of abomb.
To that new order we oppose the greaterconception--the moral order. A good society is ableto face schemes of world domination and foreignrevolutions alike without fear.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941 State of the UnionAddress, "The Four Freedoms"
A)
Use the passage to answer the question
.
How does this passage clarify PresidentRoosevelt's position that neutrality isimpossible in January of 1941?
(1 point)
by questioning the effectiveness of
foreign revolutions
by outlining four essential freedoms that
all people everywhere should enjoy
by presenting his vision of a "distant
millennium"
by creating a dichotomy between the
"new order of tyranny" and the "moral
order"

Answer 1

The passage clarifies President Roosevelt's position that neutrality is impossible in January of 1941 by outlining four essential freedoms that all people everywhere should enjoy. By emphasizing these freedoms—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear—Roosevelt asserts that these rights are universal and that it is the responsibility of the United States and other nations to support and protect them. This indicates that maintaining a stance of neutrality while such fundamental human rights are at risk is not viable.