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Read this excerpt from Franklin roosevelt's Four Freedom's speech to Congress in 1941 to answer the question.

Select the two highlighted examples that show what Roosevelt planned on providing the Allies to help them fight the Nazis.
Our most useful and immediate role is to act as an arsenal for them
[the Allies) as well as for ourselves. They do not need manpower,
but they do need billions of dollars worth of the weapons of defense.
The time is near when they will not be able to pay for them all in
ready cash. We cannot and we will not tell them that they must
surrender, merely because of present inability to pay for the
weapons which we know they must have.
I do not recommend that we make them a loan of dollars with which
to pay for these weapons - a loan to be repaid in dollars.
I recommend that we make it possible for those nations to continue
to obtain war materials in the United States, fitting their orders into
our own program. Nearly all their material would, if the time ever
came, be useful for our own defense
Taking counsel of expert military and naval authorities, considering
what is best for our own security, we are free to decide how much​

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Answer:

They do not need manpower, but they do need billions of dollars worth of the weapons of defense.

I recommend that we make it possible for those nations to continue to obtain war materials in the United States, fitting their orders into our own program.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each statement was an allusion to how the Americans would break away from the isolationist policy and fight the world war (World War II). Part of the war was the involvement of the American troops in the fight against the Japanese after the Pearl Harbor incident. At the same time, the involvement of the Americans would mean a quick end to the war and financial relief to the Allied countries who were fighting against the Axis Powers. The speech by FDR in 1941 focused on how the country could help the battle stricken countries recover their financial muscle and continue the war. Thus, America took upon itself to help the Allied countries with loans, training, and manpower necessary to fight the war successfully.

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