firesidechats



When times were tough during the Great Depression, the Presedent of the United States would always come on the radio to talk about how he is trying to improve the govenment and improve America. Franklin Delanor Rosevelt was the president at that time on during the evenings, he would be on the radio station as his voice would be in millions of Americans' homes. The reason these talks were called fireside chats was because in that time, the radio would always be next to a fire in a common American home. Fireside chats helped the citizens of the United States keep hope that the the Presedent was going to fix all of their financial problums and pull them out of the depression.

Information Provided By:America Pathways to the Present (page 537)

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