Take yourself back to a time where the country was in shambles, the big banks have been failing for years now and there seems to be no end in sight. Welcome to the times of the Great Depression and early to mid 1930’s. The country is still trying to scratch and claw itself back to becoming a world superpower but lacked the communication and leadership necessary for survival. Until in 1933 after Roosevelt had won his Democratic nomination for Presidency, did the nation elect a leader who wanted to connect with the American people in ways never done before? In an era when the Internet and TV were still non-existent the best medium at the time was radio. Radio played a very important part in the success and history of Roosevelt’s terms as president.
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The chats used by Roosevelt were instrumental in his consistently high approval ratings but more importantly they influenced the reelections of Roosevelt leading him to four consecutive Presidential Terms more than any other president till this day. Roosevelt also used his Fireside chat as opportunities to introduce new legislation and political moves within Washington. Roosevelt’s Relief and Recovery program is famous for being one of the chats where new legislation and economic plans where being broadcasted to the public. (“Business hangs on Fireside Talk”) The program and chat did not have its challenges as well. The Vice President at the time, Mr. Garner did not agree with a majority of Roosevelt’s government spending ideas. Just days before the chat was being released Roosevelt was still rewriting some of the spending legislation to conjure up support from both political parties and the American public. (“New Fireside chat”) During the fall season of 1937, there seemed to be a bit of political dissonance and turmoil brewing over the use of these Fireside chats. A main plausible idea of the Fireside chat were for Roosevelt to wave his unwavering authority and get rid of Senators who had voted down previous bills Roosevelt had introduced. Roosevelt’s team wanted him to “go to the people” with his ideologies thus making him seem more average and personal to the public. …show more content…
Roosevelt had become partially paralyzed from Polio around the ripe age of 21. Polio left Roosevelt to be wheelchair bound for the majority of his remaining life. What these Fireside chats allowed Roosevelt to do is stay out of the public’s eye and keeps his illness on the down low. Images of Roosevelt not behind his desk are rare to find. He kept his sickness away from the American people to disassociate himself from being too weak or too sick to continue on as
The chats used by Roosevelt were instrumental in his consistently high approval ratings but more importantly they influenced the reelections of Roosevelt leading him to four consecutive Presidential Terms more than any other president till this day. Roosevelt also used his Fireside chat as opportunities to introduce new legislation and political moves within Washington. Roosevelt’s Relief and Recovery program is famous for being one of the chats where new legislation and economic plans where being broadcasted to the public. (“Business hangs on Fireside Talk”) The program and chat did not have its challenges as well. The Vice President at the time, Mr. Garner did not agree with a majority of Roosevelt’s government spending ideas. Just days before the chat was being released Roosevelt was still rewriting some of the spending legislation to conjure up support from both political parties and the American public. (“New Fireside chat”) During the fall season of 1937, there seemed to be a bit of political dissonance and turmoil brewing over the use of these Fireside chats. A main plausible idea of the Fireside chat were for Roosevelt to wave his unwavering authority and get rid of Senators who had voted down previous bills Roosevelt had introduced. Roosevelt’s team wanted him to “go to the people” with his ideologies thus making him seem more average and personal to the public. …show more content…
Roosevelt had become partially paralyzed from Polio around the ripe age of 21. Polio left Roosevelt to be wheelchair bound for the majority of his remaining life. What these Fireside chats allowed Roosevelt to do is stay out of the public’s eye and keeps his illness on the down low. Images of Roosevelt not behind his desk are rare to find. He kept his sickness away from the American people to disassociate himself from being too weak or too sick to continue on as