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Fireside chats were President Roosevelt's way of reaching out to the entire country. Roosevelt became president at a time where the state of the country was in shambles. He started doing fire side chats on March 1933 and his last one was on June 1944 he spoke about various topics and always addressed the public not as " Americans" the first fireside chat was to talk about the bank holiday that he was implementing. Over 90% of American households had a radio in their homes. Roosevelt was not behind the desk with a microphone. During the war over 58% of people listened to the chats. When the war was not happening, 18% of people listened. The most amount of people who listened was 62,100,000. This was shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack. Following that was on February 23, 1942 when he was outlining the purposes for their next war. President Roosevelt started a legacy with the fire sign chats. Ronald Reagan would give a broadcast every Saturday and President Barack Obama would use social media as a form of outreach. In the photo we see Roosevelt giving one of his fire chats. I have chosen the very first fireside chat that he gave. "You people must have faith you must not be stampede by rumors or guesses. Let us unite in banishing fear." (Roosevelt) in these lines he is explaining that although the state that they were in was confusing. They need to not let the rumors get to them. In conclusion, the fire sign chance were an influential choice to make as president.

Works Cited 

Fireside Chats: https://www.britannica.com/event/fireside-chats

Fireside Chats: https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/fireside-chats

Fireside Chats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireside_chats

Chat On Banking Crisis: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-12-1...