Fireside Chats
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- Uses radio to reach the country en masse
- Outlined what was being done to ease suffering
- Once a week
Summary
Fireside chats were the way that Franklin Roosevelt got his word out about the country to the people. once a week, he used the radio to tell the country messages. He would outline what was being done by the country to ease the suffering of the people, during the Depression.
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It was then that I issued the proclamation providing for the national bank holiday, and this was the first step in the government’s reconstruction of our financial and economic fabric.
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Franklin Roosevelt
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Subjunctive Question
Do you think that the Fireside chats were an effective way of keeping people informed? How would they compare to what we have today?