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Quarantine Speech - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Apartheid, Beset, Blockade, Bolt, Bound, Cage, Chamber, Compass, Confinement, Coop, Cordon |
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The Quarantine Speech given by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1937 in Chicago calling for an international "quarantine of the aggressor nations" as an alternative to the political climate of American neutrality and isolationism that was prevalent at the time. The speech intensified America's isolationist mood, causing protest by isolationists and foes to intervention.
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Quarantine Speech
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Example Usage of Quarantine |
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stalpade: State places valley citrus fruits, plants under Quarantine: The psyllid lives on the leaves and stems — but not.. http://bit.ly/8ZwDY8 |
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papasmurf82: @smiggins I'm still in Quarantine working from the kitchen (in my jammies) |
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eskeigh: @superpigwivcape Totally watch it! Quarantine is a remake of it, so watch [REC] first! :D |
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