Speaker: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Title: The Banking Crisis

Date: March 12, 1933

Venue: First Fireside Chat (radio broadcast)

Clip Length: 1 min 33 sec

(Clip courtesy of History & Politics Out Loud)
The Banking Crisis
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Questions

1) What words does Roosevelt select, what ethos does he present, and what tone does he use to encourage peace, foster truthfulness in government, and solicit civic support from citizens? (78, 86, 87)

Page numbers in above parentheses are from Quentin Schultze, An Essential Guide to Public Speaking.
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