Semester TWO, Blog #8

Compare and contrast Barack Obama and Franklin Delano Roosevelt as presidents. Be sure to cover topics such as their responses to the economy, their interactions with the American public and their relationships with other elements of the US government?
FDR:
-had good inspirational things to say
-had different views than Hoover, believed the government needed to aid or rescue the public
-suggested that parties work together rather than against each other
-FDIC
-Went on the radio a couple time a year so the country would feel comfortable with what he was doing in office and he could present it in a personal way (Fireside Chats)

Obama:
-approved/ in favor of 7 million dollar bailout.
-was wildly popular just after election.
-State of Union: 2 parties work together to fix economy.
-blames banks "wall street"
both good persuasive speakers! new how to make the country feel with hope that things will get better
“During the Great Depression, the national unemployment rate was 25 percent,” observed McCusker, who compared this number against the country’s November 2008 unemployment rate of 6.7 percent. “In heavy industrial centers like Chicago, Cincinnati (and) Detroit, (the unemployment rate) was 50 percent,” she noted. “(And) in some industrial centers in Ohio, it was 80 percent.”