Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Fireside Chat-Guided Reading Questions

1. What is FDR’s tone throughout the address?
2. Why were even sound banks having difficulty providing their customers their deposits?
3. Provide two examples of analogies (metaphors or similes) that FDR uses.
4. How does he compliment Congress? What effect do you think his compliment had on the American public?
5. What reason does FDR provide to ensure that the currency that is being distributed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is sound?
6. According to FDR, what is the basic or undermining problem that Americans found themselves in regarding the financial system?
a. the banking system b. corrupt bankers c. fear and a lack of confidence

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