Fireside chats

Great Leaders have many common characteristics and features that give them the rare ability to become an effective leader.. It’s these few characteristics that separate them from the average person and drive them to become influential figures in history. To become the President of the United States, the traits must be used to climb the political ladder. Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced many challenges as president; these challenges shaped him to become one of the greatest United States Presidents…

When asked how to solve the Great Depression, critically-acclaimed author Upton Sinclair responded, “The remedy is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce for themselves… the American way.” Sinclair believed that only by allowing the people to play a role in their economic futures could the depression truly be eradicated, an idea whose effectiveness can be shown through a comparison of the United States, a constitutional republic under the leadership of…

a choice, he states his plan as the only selection. FDR’s speech shows the importance of the president to be able to unify the nation in both times of crisis and in times of peace. Because of FDR’s rhetoric, both in this speech and his famous fireside chats he has become “an icon of national compassion”…

1. What challenges did this president inherit? George Washington was challenged with military and western expansion as well as having to set up a whole system of government. Franklin Delano Roosevelt inherited the challenge of dealing with the Great Depression because our economy was in shambles due to the falling stock market. Lyndon Johnson had the challenge of a rapidly growing struggle to restrain Communist encroachment in Vietnam; he had segregation issues to deal with (“Lyndon B. Johnson”)…

The Great Depression was “the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world” (http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression). It lasted ten years, from 1929-1939. Every day was a struggle to provide for families. Overall, the morale of the entire country went down. The public did anything they could to stay alive, even if it was frowned upon, everyone had to take care of themselves one way or another. The Great Depression was an awful time in…

Roosevelt that set the stage. Franklin Roosevelt set forth Roosevelt’s Emergency Banking Act, reorganizing banks and closing those in debt. In addition, he made use of radios with his fireside chats, persuading people into putting their savings back into banks. In April 1935, F. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration which provided jobs for those unemployed. The Works Progress Administration worked on building places such as…

Briann Johnson History T R 11:00 November 12, 2014 The Great Depression The Great Depression was most definitely the one of the darkest times for the economy in the U.S. The stock market crash of 1929 caused this economic downturn. When the stock market plummeted, consumer spending majorly dropped. Companies were making less and less profit, the only options were either closing down or laying off employees in hopes of being able to bring themselves out of this low spot . In 1933, the peak of…

The Presidency is arguably the most fascinating, and complex element of the American political system; due in part to the constitutional ambiguity that surrounds the office. Often, the people, the President, and the Constitution all have varying expectations about the role and duties of the presidency. Which in turn are not always seated in the realm of what is actually possible. The Presidency, according to the Founders, could be best described as limited. For, it is Congress that was…

Court for the legitimacy of his new deal programme. (b) Communication Skills. Roosevelt was an excellent communicator and a fast learner. His thirst for knowledge and had a thinking mind with the ability to absorb information. In his famous fireside chats on Radio, he communicated directly to his voters and used metaphors easily understood by the public. He developed a genuine feeling of well being in the masses. (c) Charismatic Personality. Like any successful leader, Roosevelt had the…

leader they needed: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On his first day in the White House, Roosevelt declared a nationwide bank holiday, which called for every bank to close for four days. That very night, Roosevelt had the first of his many fireside chats, which were “radio addresses aimed to educating the public, soothing fears, and restoring the confidence and optimism of a nation that had little left” (Davis 431). He also called for an emergency session of Congress. From March 9 to June…