What was the context of the two speeches given by fdr that were studied in this lesson?
a. due to hitlers advancement in russia, americans needed reassurance of their safety
b. because fdr has secretly the allies, hevhad to explain his actions to america
c. because the military suffered a great loss at pearl harbor, fdr needed to update american citizens on the countries military strength
d. due to an attack by japan, america needed to enter ww2 and fight the axis powers

The correct answer is D) due to an attack by Japan, America had to enter World War II and fight the Axis Powers.  

The context of the two speeches given by Franklin D. Roosevelt that were studied in the lesson was that due to an attack by Japan, America had to enter World War II and fight the Axis Powers.  

President Franklin D. Roosevelt made one of his most famous speeches to Congress the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. On December 8, 1941, he delivered the “Infamy Speech” asking a declaration of war against Japan entering World War II.

Roosevelt created an alliance with France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union to fight and eventually defeat the Axis powers comprised by Germany, Italy, and Japan.  

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion