Ross Cohn
CA 100, Section 36
Professor Comiskey
8 October 2015
Informative Speech Preparation Outline
Houdini in the White House
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about the history of The Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plans for improvement and “The New Deal”.
Central Idea: The Great Depression hit American’s out of no where and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s many different methods to fix the problem eventually led the country out of the recession.
Method of Organization: Topical
Introduction
I. (Gain Attention and Interest) Do you see this picture to the left of me? These people are happy, go lucky people who do not know what is going to hit them within less than a year. The depression …show more content…
(Reveal Topic) I’m sure that most of you have heard about The Great Depression but because of my interest in American History, as well as my interest for finance led me to learn more about The Great Depression, why and how it started, and what was done to control it.
III. Through these past couple of weeks, and endless amount of research I have learned more about The Great Depression then I thought was ever possible.
IV. Through out this speech I would like to inform you guys about the history of The Great Depression through how and why it got started, Franklin D. Roosevelt and his “New Deal” and how the depression came to an end.
Body
I. October 24th, 1929. This is a day that will be remembered through American History forever, and not for a good reason.
A. The name for this date is Black Tuesday
1. On this date, October 24th, 1929, the stock prices plummeted causing for a rush to sell.
2. By November of the same year the stock market plunged by a whopping thirty billion dollars ($30 billion).
3. Along with the crash of the stock market, U.S. exports had fallen by 62 percent and over thirteen million people, nearly 25 percent of the workforce, were now …show more content…
The collapse of the European economies was linked to the ongoing debt from World War I as well as the unfavorable balance of trade.
C. As the depression lingered thousands of tons of unmarketable crops sat rotting while farm income plummeted and thousands of families were forced to abandon their estates.
D. To top it all off, over 5,000 banks failed raising unemployment up 25%!
1. Families were forced out of their homes, men lost their jobs, forcing them to do anything to earn a little cash.
a. This included selling rotten apple on the street along with other small items that could be sold and bought for cheap.
E. The president at the time was President Herbert Hoover
1. He emphasized volunteerism and wanted limited governmental control.
a. He wanted the country and citizens to fix the problem themselves.
b. He argued that local government should handle relief and emphasized on private charities
2. After none of Hoover’s plans were helping, many Americans started to protest.
a. These protests included Shantytowns otherwise known as Homerville’s.
i. These towns were built by homeless people during the great depression.
b. Other protests came from the Bonus
CA 100, Section 36
Professor Comiskey
8 October 2015
Informative Speech Preparation Outline
Houdini in the White House
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about the history of The Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plans for improvement and “The New Deal”.
Central Idea: The Great Depression hit American’s out of no where and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s many different methods to fix the problem eventually led the country out of the recession.
Method of Organization: Topical
Introduction
I. (Gain Attention and Interest) Do you see this picture to the left of me? These people are happy, go lucky people who do not know what is going to hit them within less than a year. The depression …show more content…
(Reveal Topic) I’m sure that most of you have heard about The Great Depression but because of my interest in American History, as well as my interest for finance led me to learn more about The Great Depression, why and how it started, and what was done to control it.
III. Through these past couple of weeks, and endless amount of research I have learned more about The Great Depression then I thought was ever possible.
IV. Through out this speech I would like to inform you guys about the history of The Great Depression through how and why it got started, Franklin D. Roosevelt and his “New Deal” and how the depression came to an end.
Body
I. October 24th, 1929. This is a day that will be remembered through American History forever, and not for a good reason.
A. The name for this date is Black Tuesday
1. On this date, October 24th, 1929, the stock prices plummeted causing for a rush to sell.
2. By November of the same year the stock market plunged by a whopping thirty billion dollars ($30 billion).
3. Along with the crash of the stock market, U.S. exports had fallen by 62 percent and over thirteen million people, nearly 25 percent of the workforce, were now …show more content…
The collapse of the European economies was linked to the ongoing debt from World War I as well as the unfavorable balance of trade.
C. As the depression lingered thousands of tons of unmarketable crops sat rotting while farm income plummeted and thousands of families were forced to abandon their estates.
D. To top it all off, over 5,000 banks failed raising unemployment up 25%!
1. Families were forced out of their homes, men lost their jobs, forcing them to do anything to earn a little cash.
a. This included selling rotten apple on the street along with other small items that could be sold and bought for cheap.
E. The president at the time was President Herbert Hoover
1. He emphasized volunteerism and wanted limited governmental control.
a. He wanted the country and citizens to fix the problem themselves.
b. He argued that local government should handle relief and emphasized on private charities
2. After none of Hoover’s plans were helping, many Americans started to protest.
a. These protests included Shantytowns otherwise known as Homerville’s.
i. These towns were built by homeless people during the great depression.
b. Other protests came from the Bonus