Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats.
In this journal entry you will examine one of Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats for yourself. We will be examining Roosevelt’s first fireside chat focused on the nation’s banking situation. In order to better understand the banking crisis the nation faced and the reforms Roosevelt proposed, please read this page. (Links to an external site.) https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/emergency_banking_act_of_1933 If you would like to know more about other banking reforms adopted in 1933, please read this page. (Links to an external site.) https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/glass_steagall_act You will find the address here. (Links to an external site.) https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fireside-chat-banking In your journal entry, please answer the following questions: 1. What are the key elements of the bank holiday he has announced? Provide specific examples of how Roosevelt explained the nation’s banking system. 2. Provide examples of the type of imagery that Franklin Roosevelt employed. What do you notice about his use of language? 3. Why do you think this speech would have appealed to millions of Americans during the 1930s? In addition to your own thoughts, you need to include a discussion of some of these letters (Links to an external site.) http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/8126 Roosevelt received following his first fireside chat.