Question

By U.S. president Franklin D.

Read this passage from a 1933 speech
Roosevelt:
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies
in
the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The
joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be
forgotten in the mad
chase of [short-term] profits. These
dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that
our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister
to ourselves and to our fellow men.1
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Inaugural Address, 1933
Which statement best describes how a historian would use a transcript of
this speech?

Answer 1

Roosevelt, in his speech, attempted to convince the American people and Congress to follow his plan for the Great Depression. To do so he first compared the Great Depression to a war.