-assignment B, source based questions-

§ Q.1: Source A...

I believe people supported Roosevelt in the 1932 elections mainly due to the amount of hope he was able to offer his public in his pre-election speeches. The way he was able to assure people that he was willing to help them re-build America, and that he was willing to put more effort than anybody would usually expect a politician to put in to do so.

This idea is supported by source A; He begins this speech with making a promise, a promise not just to the American people, but to himself as well, by doing this he could be implying that he doesn't see himself as being better than the average American at the time, but was just one more American in need of seeing the end of the depression. Roosevelt also adds that he is willing to...