E I want to tell you what has been done in the last few days, and why it was done, and what the next steps are going to be. . . .

This bank holiday, while resulting in many cases in great inconvenience, is affording us the opportunity to supply the currency necessary to meet the situation. . . .

I can assure you, my friends, that it is safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than it is to keep it under the mattress.

The success of our whole national program depends, of course, on the cooperation of the public—on its intelligent support and its use of a reliable system.

–President Franklin D. Roosevelt,

March 12, 1933

What was the purpose of this passage from a fireside chat? Check all that apply.

A) to reassure the American public

B) to discourage people from using banks

C) to explain one of the reasons for creating a bank holiday

D) to encourage citizens to remove their money from banks

E) to convince the public to support the government’s actions