History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1659 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Four Freedoms
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The idea
On January sixth, nineteen forty-one, Roosevelt told Congress that the world he sought would rest on four freedoms: of speech, of worship, from want and from fear.
In practice
The same address asking Americans to produce arms for the democracies, pay higher taxes and accept wartime sacrifice.
Where people slip
The National Archives preserves it; the anchor does not name it.
Your place on the trail
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