Fdr's First Hundred Days Analysis

Introduction After a long election season, the people of the United States experience the peaceful transition of power on Inauguration Day every four years. For the newly elected president, it is time to start working to turn the country around in a way they see as best suited. The first months of a new administration, commonly called the first hundred days, is crucial since it is a time President can utilize their new power to the fullest potential. Every President comes in on different terms: some come in during a middle of a war, some are thrown into power after an assassination, and some, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, are faced with a great depression. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirty-second President of the United States and held the office from March 4, 1933 to April 12,1945. FDR’s first hundred day’s are most notable in the modern presidency for accomplishing many things in …show more content…
Presidents typically face a honeymoon sort of period these days where they can easily pass legislation and sign executive orders. Historians and political scientists alike consider Franklin Delano Roosevelt to have the most successful first 100 days due to the number of laws he passed within those hundred days. Political scientists question what makes Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first 100 days productive compared to other modern presidents. FDR’s first hundred days are exceedingly productive due to the presidential leadership qualities that the thirty-second president possessed. Fred Greenstien presents a model examining a president’s vision, cognitive style, political skill, effectiveness as a public speaker, the organizational capacity, and the emotional intelligence of a president that makes a president a successful leader of a nation. FDR presented these qualities within his first 100 days, which made his first 100 days remarkable in the modern