President Roosevelt's Fireside Chats were intended to provide information and restore the public's confidence at a difficult time in history. What was the cause of the difficulties?

Afailure of the banks, resulting in an economic depression

Bfailure in the steel and iron industries after the end of World War I

Cfailure of the federal government to provide social security compensation D. failure of the state and local governments to create jobs for all the returning veterans