Effectiveness Of The New Deal Factor 1: FDR And Confidence Building

Question 1

What was the first Hundred days?

Answer 1

The start of Roosevelt’s presidency when he worked constantly with his advisers to produce lost of measures, confronting every main or issue facing America.

Question 2

Why was the first hundred days important?

Answer 2

FDR faced every main or issue

Passed 15 major laws through congress

Question 3

Why was the first 100 days successful?

Answer 3

Roosevelt met his promise of “Action and Action now” which lifted morale

Question 4

Describe the fireside chats

Answer 4

Sunday FDR would broadcast on the radio to the nation every Sunday and explain what he was doing and why he was doing it.

Estimated 60 million Americans tuned in

Question 5

Why were the fireside chats important?

Answer 5

Great PR as he spoke directly to the people in their own living rooms- making people feel as if he cared about them as individuals.

Question 6

Give evidence that the fireside chats were successful

Answer 6

Roosevelt used them to persuade people to start trusting the banks and stop hoarding money under their mattresses

It worked:
By April 1933, $1 billion had been re- invested in the banks by savers

After 1933, fewer than 10 banks failed per year

Question 7

Give evidence that the fireside chats were not successful

Answer 7

Confidence remained low during the 1920s. Americans only spent and invested 75% of what they had done before 1929