Read the passage from Roosevelt's "Quarantine" speech.

Let no one imagine that America will escape, that America may expect mercy . . .

Roosevelt makes an inference that his audience believes America can escape aggression. Is this a logical inference?

Question options:

Yes, because America has isolated itself in hopes of avoiding being drawn into a conflict

Yes, because Roosevelt's audience has explicitly stated that they believe they will escape aggression

No, because Roosevelt's audience has not explicitly stated that they believe they will escape aggression

No, because while America is currently practicing isolationism, it was not a conscious, deliberate decision to do so.

The right answer is A Roosevelt makes an inference that his audience believes America can escape aggression. This is a logical inference, because America has isolated itself in hopes of avoiding being drawn into a conflict. This speech was pronounced by FDR in October 1937 in a world context in which The Nazi party in Germany, The Fascist in Italy and the Empire of the Japan were ruling. The president metaphor the aggression of the countries above as a contagious disease, believing that they should be isolated to prevent violence in peaceful countries. It was the first time he seemed to suggest the option of the United States coming out of a policy of severe neutrality and intervening concretely in world politics.