DEBATE REFLECTION
Prompt: Write a reflection discussing how you felt about the debate (FDR the president we needed of the dictator we allowed to take control) and the structure then we want you to give us the position you agree with the most. As always provide evidence and this will be stapled to your notes at the end of class!!! Have a good weekend.
The film that I associate with my feelings towards the FDR debate would be Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens. I like Star Wars. I haven’t been around since the franchise’s original release in 1977; nevertheless, I admire the plot, the characters, the special effects, the lore, and the dialogue. Anyways, I anticipated the debate just as I anticipated Episode VII. The debate was announced …show more content…
The groups were given time to discuss a method of attack to debunk the other claim and then pair discussion in Mr. Magness’s room began. Two students representing the idea that FDR was a dictator who citizens allowed to take control went head to head with two students representing the idea that FDR was the leader that the United States needed. This pair discussion lasted for about fifteen minutes and students were given the opportunity to decide the structure of the discussion. Gretel and I represented the idea that FDR was the leader we needed and we debated Alex and Josh who represented the idea that FDR was a dictator. Alex and Josh presented their idea first while we took notes on their propositions to prepare a rebuttal. Next, Gretel and I presented our idea while they took notes on our propositions to prepare a rebuttal. Afterwards, Alex and Josh refuted our propositions in a rebuttal then Gretel and I refuted their propositions in a rebuttal and the pair debate …show more content…
The definition of a dictator is a leader who wields absolute authority. FDR never achieved absolute authority in controlling the legislative, judicial, and executive branch. Hitler suspended the civil rights of communists and merged the legislative and executive parties to come to power. Mussolini stormed Rome claiming that he could do the government’s job after a strike in Naples. Stalin overthrew Trotsky, even though Vladimir Lenin had warned the Communist Party to prevent Stalin from coming to power. FDR was elected with over 57% of the popular vote and a landslide in the electoral college.
Without a doubt, FDR attempted to enhance the power of the executive branch, just as Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were all successful in accomplishing, through the court-packing scheme in 1937 where the NIRA and AAA components of his New Deal were deemed not constitutional. As a result, FDR tried to get Congressional approval in adding six more executively elected Supreme Court justices. While his attempt certainly reflected dictator-like qualities, Congress ultimately prevented the idea from coming to fruition and FDR did not become an absolute
Prompt: Write a reflection discussing how you felt about the debate (FDR the president we needed of the dictator we allowed to take control) and the structure then we want you to give us the position you agree with the most. As always provide evidence and this will be stapled to your notes at the end of class!!! Have a good weekend.
The film that I associate with my feelings towards the FDR debate would be Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens. I like Star Wars. I haven’t been around since the franchise’s original release in 1977; nevertheless, I admire the plot, the characters, the special effects, the lore, and the dialogue. Anyways, I anticipated the debate just as I anticipated Episode VII. The debate was announced …show more content…
The groups were given time to discuss a method of attack to debunk the other claim and then pair discussion in Mr. Magness’s room began. Two students representing the idea that FDR was a dictator who citizens allowed to take control went head to head with two students representing the idea that FDR was the leader that the United States needed. This pair discussion lasted for about fifteen minutes and students were given the opportunity to decide the structure of the discussion. Gretel and I represented the idea that FDR was the leader we needed and we debated Alex and Josh who represented the idea that FDR was a dictator. Alex and Josh presented their idea first while we took notes on their propositions to prepare a rebuttal. Next, Gretel and I presented our idea while they took notes on our propositions to prepare a rebuttal. Afterwards, Alex and Josh refuted our propositions in a rebuttal then Gretel and I refuted their propositions in a rebuttal and the pair debate …show more content…
The definition of a dictator is a leader who wields absolute authority. FDR never achieved absolute authority in controlling the legislative, judicial, and executive branch. Hitler suspended the civil rights of communists and merged the legislative and executive parties to come to power. Mussolini stormed Rome claiming that he could do the government’s job after a strike in Naples. Stalin overthrew Trotsky, even though Vladimir Lenin had warned the Communist Party to prevent Stalin from coming to power. FDR was elected with over 57% of the popular vote and a landslide in the electoral college.
Without a doubt, FDR attempted to enhance the power of the executive branch, just as Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were all successful in accomplishing, through the court-packing scheme in 1937 where the NIRA and AAA components of his New Deal were deemed not constitutional. As a result, FDR tried to get Congressional approval in adding six more executively elected Supreme Court justices. While his attempt certainly reflected dictator-like qualities, Congress ultimately prevented the idea from coming to fruition and FDR did not become an absolute