LAD #33 FDR’s First Inaugural Address

On March 4^th, Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his inaugural address. He begins by saying that the nation will be revived and flourish once again. He also says the quote “the one thing we have to fear is fear itself,” which became very popular and well known.With the support of the American people he believed America as a nation could achieve anything it wanted. He then points out problems within the economy, including unemployment and he then says that action needs to be taken. He thinks some of the big problems can be solved by by finding jobs for people and redistributing the economy to raise the value of agricultural endeavors and lowering government taxes. Lastly, he wants to work on setting up a system so that an economic depression will not occur again and he plans to do this by using regulation and the supervision of banks and creditors.

Pictures: I chose a picture of FDR and a picture of George Washington because his inaugural address was also very powerful and well known. They both talked about the Constitution and how Americans need to unite and be able to turn to each other in times of need. They wanted to create a sense of nationalism and do their best to improve the country.