Rhetorical Analysis Of Fdr's First Inaugural Address

First Inaugural Address In the summer of 1929, the U.Sf economy started a recession, spending slowed which then caused factory production to slow. With factory production slowing stock prices continued to rise which caused investors to pay way too much for stocks. Then in the fall of 1929 investors realized the shares were overpriced and sold all they had, which caused the stock market to crash. This caused consumers to really stop buying goods which led to firing employees and slowing down production even more than it was. Everyone ran to the banks to pull all of their money out but it was not there because the government didn't have the money to back it. At the time it was President Hoover who tried to fund all the banks through federal loans which would give money to the businesses but this did not work. On March 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the oath of office after easily defeating President Hoover. This is when he gave one of his most famous speeches: his first inaugural address. He uses many rhetorical devices to convince americans that they shouldn't fear and that they will get through this.He didn't believe in the government to directly fix the depression. He wanted to change the financial system. He wanted to tell everyone there is still hope to reshape the United States(History.com Staff). …show more content…
He uses ethos by using his platform as a former member of the senate and a New York mayor to show his credibility. He is also very honest to the american people about the current situation. Then he shows them that he knows what they're going through because he was also experiencing it. He uses pathos by saying that there is nothing to fear. He also shows that he understands with what the american people are feeling. He uses logos by explaining how he is going to fix the problem. Overall he made the american people feel that the situation they were in was going to get