Question

in the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
the first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.
the second is freedom of every person to worship god in his own way—everywhere in the world.
the third is freedom from want, which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants—everywhere in the world.
the fourth is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms, means a world - wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.
that is no vision of a distant millennium. it is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. 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 good society is able to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear.
select the correct answer.
president roosevelt delivered this speech to congress on january 6, 1941, at a time when the u.s. had not officially entered world war ii. given the historical context, which of the following best explains roosevelts emphasis on these four specific freedoms?
a. he wanted to prevent the u.s. from entering world war ii.
b. he believed that people were being oppressed throughout the world.
c. he believed that other nations should adopt the u.s. bill of rights.
d. he wanted to end world war ii before the u.s. became involved

Explanation:

Roosevelt emphasized the four freedoms because he believed people were oppressed globally. The speech was against tyranny (dictators' new order). Option A is wrong as U.S. entered later. Option C - no mention of U.S. Bill of Rights adoption. Option D - U.S. got involved, speech was about opposing tyranny (implied people oppressed).

Answer:

B. He believed that people were being oppressed throughout the world.