History

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

In this assignment, you examine the source text of Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/fdr-inaugural

Review the above link then scroll down until you see a picture of the First Inaugural Address

You can then view the pages and click on each page to see the actual digital archive

DELIVERABLES

In a one-page (250-word) paper, address the following:

What problems did President Roosevelt identify in America during the Great Depression?

What was his plan to address and/or solve these problems?

How would you assess Roosevelt’s success in his speech and then in the New Deal?