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Teaching "The Four Freedoms": Roosevelt's Annual Address to Congress

"The Four Freedoms": Roosevelt's Annual Address to Congress

Franklin Roosevelt was elected president for an unprecedented third term in 1940 because at the time the world faced unprecedented danger, instability, and uncertainty. Much of Europe had fallen to the advancing German Army and Great Britain was barely holding its own. A great number of Americans remained committed to isolationism and the belief that the United States should continue to stay out of the war, but President Roosevelt understood Britain's need for American support and attempted to convince the American people of the gravity of the situation.\n\nIn his Annual Message to Congress (State of the Union Address) on January 6, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt presented his reasons for

Franklin Roosevelt
FDR Presidential Library and Museum

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Is this speech more hopeful or fearful?
STANDARDS:
RH.2 - Main Ideas, US.08 - The Great Depression & WWII (1929-1945)

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,4
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