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First reply to Adriana
The four Freedoms that former President Roosevelt spoke are the Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want and Freedom from fear. His speech was delivered 11 months before the battle of Pearl Harbor started. “To Roosevelt, the four freedoms expressed deeply held American values worthy of being spread worldwide” (Foner, 2017). Freedom of Speech was the liberty to express your thoughts. Freedom of worship was the liberty to practice any religion. Former President Roosevelt refereed to Freedom from want as the eradication of barriers toward international trade. Subsequently, it became a human right that entails the right of food, shelter and clothing for people. Freedom from fear, which stayed that no nation should engage in violence. These four freedoms motivated other movements that set a precedent. In 1942 The Office of War Information (OWI) was created. This Organization, which was formed to encourage public opinion, was managed by Democrats who fear that “Americans had only a vague understanding of the war purposes and that the populace seemed more fervently committed to paying back the Japanese for their attack on Pearl Harbor than riding the world of Fascism. (Foner, 2017). Also, these four movements encourages women to enter the work force filling out the positions that were empty as men left to war. This was an important period for women to established a precedent by letting the world know that women are capable of much more than to give birth and cook. By 1944 “women made more than one-third of the civilian labor force, and 350,000 served in auxiliary military units”. (Foner, 2017).
References:
Foner, E. (2017). Give me Liberty!: An American history(5th ed., Vol. 2). New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Second Reply to Christi
President Roosevelt spoke of the four freedoms as freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear all envisioned for a future world. These freedoms were very important to Roosevelt and coined them the “essential human freedoms” and wanted them for every American and soon became his creed. Despite what Roosevelt envisioned for the world, many Americans had a different vision and during World War II, the economy was greatly affected due to the era and end of the Depression. Thousands of women were entering the workforce, labor was increasing, immigrants were moving from place to place and some found home in the military. The main focus of the four freedoms was to establish unity within the country but some Americans were upset of the New Deal and others were looking forward to a new democracy. The four freedoms gave women the power to be involved in the workforce and the modern civil rights movement was initiated, yet some despised this movement. But, the four freedoms also shed more light into the “traditional” lifestyle of the man working and the woman taking care of the home and children. This was a challenge that the four freedoms also represented.