"An Interview With Hoover and Roosevelt" Directions: You are the executive producer of a radio show. You recently had President Hoover and President...

"An Interview With Hoover and Roosevelt"

Directions: You are the executive producer of a radio show. You recently had President Hoover and President F. D. Roosevelt as your guests in the studio for a round table discussion. You have been asked to submit a script of the questions you asked and the responses they provided.

Guidelines: You will ask a minimum of 10 questions. The questions can be asked to a single individual or both men. The men may respond to each other, request the other explain, ask the other a question or refute their answer. You must label who is talking in every circumstance. Remember, the audience is eager to hear the answers to the tough questions. These two men were not friends... the conversation should be respectful but challenging.

Your 10 questions must include at least 1 quote and reference the following topics:

1. The cause Stock Market Crash 1929

2. The extent of the Great Depression

3. The Election of 1932 platforms

4. The New Deal proposals

5. An evaluation of the New Deal's success

Resources:

Hoover:

• http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/speech-on-the-consequences-of-the-proposed-new-deal/
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• http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/state-of-the-union-address-120/
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• http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-to-franklin-d-roosevelt/
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 FDR

• http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/the-forgotten-man/
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• http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/acceptance-speech-at-the-democratic-convention/
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• http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/fireside-chat-on-the-new-deal/
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