President Roosevelt gave a speech in 1941 that referenced four freedoms everybody should have. These freedoms are freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear, and freedom from want. It would be fair to conclude that President Roosevelt believed these freedoms existed in the United States in 1944.
Once the Constitution was adopted, we have always had freedom of speech and freedom of worship. During World War II, people were encouraged to watch what they said, and there was censorship of some information. However, for the most part, people were free to speak. People also had the freedom to worship as they pleased.
With the arrival of World War II, our economy began to improve. People went back to work, and soldiers fought in the military. As a result, the American people had more resources to buy things they needed. While some supplies were limited because of the war, our people were much less worried about not having enough money to get the items that they wanted to have.
Americans were growing in their confidence about how the war was progressing. We were winning important battles in Europe and in Asia. Africa had been freed from Axis control. While the war wasn’t over, Americans had much less fear in 1944 than they had in 1941. It was becoming more apparent that the Allies were defeating the Axis Powers. This eased the fear many people had at the start of the war, especially after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
By 1944, President Roosevelt was likely to believe that the four freedoms existed in our country.
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