How Could President Franklin D

question 90

Multiple Choice

How could President Franklin D.Roosevelt be said to have helped strengthen and set the tone for the modern presidency through his holding of biweekly press conferences, and his skillful use of radio in "fireside chats," despite the fact that such tactics might not work today now that American media audiences are vastly more fragmented, with many more avenues of communications available?

• A) The "fireside chats" made presidents a central figure in American life, in a way not previously seen.
• B) Americans came to expect presidents to solve economic problems and empathize with citizen concerns, thus taking power away from Congress.
• C) Every president since has sought to craft a successful public relations strategy as a means of increasing public appeal and power, whether through radio, television, or the Internet.
• D) Because popular support has been a firm foundation for presidential power

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