USA HISTORY

How About It, Dixie The President’s Four Freedoms Appeal to me. I would like to see those Freedoms Come to be. If you believe In the Four Freedoms, too, Then share ‘em with me-Don’t keep ‘em all for you ____ Looks like by now Folks ought to know It’s hard to beat Hitler Protecting Jim Crow. Freedom’s not just To be won Over There. It means Freedom at home, too-Now-right here!-Langston Hughes, 1942 In this poem, what is Langston Hughes’s criticism about United States foreign policy during World War II?

(A) The Four Freedoms cannot help African Americans

(B) ** Claims of fighting for democracy abroad are inconsistent with segregation at home.

(C) Involvement in World War II is not in the best interest of the United States.

(D) The democratic principles of the United States are best kept at home.

Concept note-1: -As America entered the war these “four freedoms” – the freedom of speech, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear – symbolized America’s war aims and gave hope in the following years to a war-wearied people because they knew they were fighting for freedom.

Concept note-2: -In helping Britain, President Roosevelt stated, the United States was fighting for the universal freedoms that all people deserved. At a time when Western Europe lay under Nazi domination, Roosevelt presented a vision in which the American ideals of individual liberties should be extended throughout the world.

Concept note-3: -In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want.

Concept note-4: -In the end, freedom from want not only inspires feelings of contentment and joy, but also frees us to follow our passions, discover our talents, and cultivate our skills.