Eng II Unit 3 W-G Review

In the excerpt from the “Four Freedoms” speech, why does Roosevelt see the present threat to American security and safety as unprecedented?

• No nation has ever attacked or invaded the United States.

• No nation has ever attempted to destroy the world's democracies.

• No nation has ever succeeded in establishing a military dictatorship.

• No nation has ever requested military assistance from the United States.

In his “Four Freedoms” speech, Roosevelt hopes for certain changes in the nation’s social and economic systems. Which sentence best describes the changes he feels are needed?

• He hopes to lift many more citizens above the poverty level.

• He hopes to raise money for the coming war by selling savings bonds.

• He hopes to enable a government takeover of many private industries.

• He hopes to order the creation of a national health-insurance program.

In which of the following sentences from the “Four Freedoms” speech does Roosevelt appeal to his audience’s emotions?

• In the recent national election there was no substantial difference between the two great parties in respect to that national policy.

• Many subjects connected with our social economy call for immediate improvement.

• In my Budget Message I shall recommend that a greater portion of this great defense program be paid for from taxation than we are paying today.

• 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.

In his “Inaugural Address,” what request does Kennedy make of the enemies of the United States?

• He asks that they give advance notice of a nuclear strike.

• He asks that they try to divide the hemispheres of the world fairly.

• He asks that they clearly be either with or against the United States.

• He asks that they work with the United States toward peaceful progress.

Which of the following statements from the “Inaugural Address” contains an example of charged language?

• We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom . . .

• If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

• For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

• The devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

information, often of a false or misleading nature

• pacification

• propaganda

• beachhead

• disarmament

state of peace put in place through diplomacy, or political negotiation

• pacification

• appeasement

• invoke

• disarmament

harsh rule over a nation or people

• treachery

• revolution

• asunder

• tyranny