What did roosevelt say to the nation to help calm their fears

Roosevelt started his speech by saying "the only thing we (i.e Americans) have to fear is fear itself"

Explanation: This statement is meant to convey to the American people that they should only be afraid of allowing their fears to limit their efforts to fix the problems facing the country. The use of the pronoun "we" inferred they were all in it together. The fear is made out to be a psychological roadblock which must be overcome in order to take actual action.

This was meant to convey a feeling of reassurance to the citizens as the president is telling them that the challenges ahead are not so insurmountable as not to be able to overcome them. Also, they had to overcome these fears in order to focus on supporting the country's leadership.

scribe

slaves and scribes

scribes