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10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Intro: Kick-off.
When was the Four Freedoms (FF's) speech? Title of speech and audience? |
January 6th 1941
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State of Union Address to Congress
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Intro:
What were FDR's two main points? |
The main emphasis of Roosevelt’s famous “Four Freedoms” speech was what America stands for, and America’s role and
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-- US responsibility to save the world during the dark times of World War II.
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Intro:
What were the FF's? What did FDR compare them to? |
Roosevelt spoke eloquently of a future world order founded on the “essential human freedoms,” in defense of American values; freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of want, and freedom of fear.
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This became his favorite statement of Allied aims, which at times, he even compared to the Ten Commandments or the Magna Carta
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Intro:
[Theis] What did the FF's establish? Why, and what was his medium? |
His words about the “rights of men” everywhere were stirring, yet made clear the crucial difference between Americans...
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-- and the enemies they faced during his fireside chats on the radio.
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Why was this speech so important? Era it effected most? |
This speech influenced many of the social movements and economic policies associated ...
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-- with the later half of the twentieth century.
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What was the effect of WWI? What were women doing? |
As it had in WWI, wartime mobilization expanded the size and scope of Government, and energized economies, increasing the demand for labor.
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Women’s roles changed, and women benefited by joining the workforce in huge numbers.
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What was the big shift in social attitude? Who benefited, and in the end who didn't? |
The boundaries of American nationalism changed, this was one of the rare times that immigrants were seen as loyal Americans,...
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-- and Black Americans experienced some prominence in the nation political agenda, however tolerance had its limits and 100,000 Japanese were interned.
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What did the speech do nationally? Which two minorites did it stir up? |
The Four Freedoms gave course for a new language in America that translated to National unity and provided a platform for discussions about freedom that launched many movements.
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Like civil rights, while it fueled furthered debates among whites about racial order, role of Government, women’s roles in the home, and other themes that still resonate today!
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Conclusion:
Who's career was launched? Behind which two American values? |
This speech catapulted an artist’s career, immortalizing Norman Rockwell’s images of...
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-- traditional American values of freedom and liberty.
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Conclusion: Wrap.
What did Rockwell's art depict, and what were the three centralized themes? What was the net effect? |
Interestingly though, Foner points out that aside from Rockwell’s freedom of speech, depicting civil democracy in action the other three have a centralized theme of preserving individual family comfort and security, rather than a collective benefit to the world.
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A prominent trend of what was to come in post war America.
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