My friends:

I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking — to talk with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking, but more particularly with the overwhelming majority of you who use banks for the making of deposits and the drawing of checks.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

March 1933

What would you predict the purpose of this speech to be?

to win support for Roosevelt’s reelection

to reassure the public that the government is taking action on the banking system problems

to order Americans to support the banking system

NVM the awnser is to (reassure the public that the government is taking action on the banking system problems)