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American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fireside Chat on Banking PrimaryAmerican Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fireside Chat on Banking Primary
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American Presidency Project
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9th - 10th
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Primary Sources
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1310L
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American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fireside Chat on Banking

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Read the text of Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chat on March 12, 1933, just days after he was inaugurated for first term, in which he explained the reasoning behind his declaration of a bank holiday.

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fireside chats

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bank holiday, franklin roosevelt, great depression, new deal, roosevelt's fireside chats, roosevelt's first hundred days, first new deal

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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