Question

What was a "fireside chat"

Answer 1

Answer:

B. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt used the radio to speak to the American people from 1933 to 1944.

Explanation:

Although the chats were initially meant to garner Americans’ support for Roosevelt’s New Deal policies, they eventually became a source of hope and security for all Americans. Fireside chats were constructed by a committee of Roosevelt’s speech writers and advisers, but Roosevelt was an integral part of the process; he often wrote the conclusions and even changed some of the text while speaking on-air. The chats were scheduled sparingly so as to maintain their importance among his other frequent radio and public addresses. Reporter Harry Butcher of CBS coined the term “fireside chat” in a press release before one of Roosevelt’s speeches on May 7, 1933. The name stuck, as it perfectly evoked the comforting intent behind Roosevelt’s words, as well as their informal, conversational tone. Roosevelt took care to use the simplest possible language, concrete examples and analogies in the fireside chats, so as to be clearly understood by the largest number of Americans.