Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933)
"Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933)"
"Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933)"
United States was facing the terrible shock and disappointments the Great Depression caused. Americans experienced poverty, sharing the experience of loss and suffering, and looking for hope. Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote the document for his First Inaugural Address in early 1933. The document was written and presented to the citizens of the United States on March 4, 1933 at the Capitol in Washington DC.
Roosevelt's audience in his First Inaugural Address was the American people. He not only directed to American people, but he also targeted the sectors related to business and banking, attacking the corruption found in commercial practices that ended up leading to unemployment and a decrease in the production of the country. All of these were mentioned to also aim the Federal, State, and local governments to act immediately. His audience was primarily national, and not international, so that Americans would focus on working inward, leaving the nation's relationships with the world as a secondary importance, as Roosevelt emphasized in his address.
The purpose of Franklin Roosevelt's speech was to start his presidency by addressing the people of the United States on his inauguration day. By addressing the severity of the nation’s economic crisis, he aimed to give people hope and to reassure them that Americans had not failed and that only leadership was needed. It was given to provide the people of the United States courage and determination to support his leadership during that critical time, and for the nation as whole to take action.
With this speech he addressed several issues that surrounded the country at the time, particularly the Great Depression and the nation’s anxiety about the economic crisis. Other important themes were related to material wealth, unemployment, and the constitutional system. Talking about how rulers of the exchange of
"Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933)"
United States was facing the terrible shock and disappointments the Great Depression caused. Americans experienced poverty, sharing the experience of loss and suffering, and looking for hope. Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote the document for his First Inaugural Address in early 1933. The document was written and presented to the citizens of the United States on March 4, 1933 at the Capitol in Washington DC.
Roosevelt's audience in his First Inaugural Address was the American people. He not only directed to American people, but he also targeted the sectors related to business and banking, attacking the corruption found in commercial practices that ended up leading to unemployment and a decrease in the production of the country. All of these were mentioned to also aim the Federal, State, and local governments to act immediately. His audience was primarily national, and not international, so that Americans would focus on working inward, leaving the nation's relationships with the world as a secondary importance, as Roosevelt emphasized in his address.
The purpose of Franklin Roosevelt's speech was to start his presidency by addressing the people of the United States on his inauguration day. By addressing the severity of the nation’s economic crisis, he aimed to give people hope and to reassure them that Americans had not failed and that only leadership was needed. It was given to provide the people of the United States courage and determination to support his leadership during that critical time, and for the nation as whole to take action.
With this speech he addressed several issues that surrounded the country at the time, particularly the Great Depression and the nation’s anxiety about the economic crisis. Other important themes were related to material wealth, unemployment, and the constitutional system. Talking about how rulers of the exchange of