Fireside Chats
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Uses radio to reach the country en masse
- Outlines what was being done to ease suffering
- Once a week- address the nation that they helping to resolve the depression
- This gave people hope that the government was doing something for them
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Summary
Franklin Roosevelt used the fireside chats with radios to address the people, which gave the people hope that the government was doing something to help them. He addressed them once a week, mostly addressing how they would be resolving the depression
Questions?
Was using the radio more affective than talking directly to the people?