Franklin D.Roosevelt- Hope for America
President Roosevelt made his mark in America’s history as a gifted leader while serving during a time of great economic crisis. He was elected to an unprecedented four terms as President due to his popularity. No doubt the Great Depression had affected the Republicans chances for election in 1932 which was Roosevelt’s first term in office as President. The movement seems to be more anti-Hoover than pro-Roosevelt at the time due to the economic depression for most Americans. The Democrats harnessed the national grudge and let it pull them to victory over the much-unloved incumbent, President Hoover. In that time a vote for Roosevelt was a vote against Hoover. Reminds us of the politics of today. The overwhelming American majority indicated an intense demand for change; “a new deal” was in the making. One questions whether any upstanding Democratic candidate could easily win since Hoover was so unpopular at that time.
The “lame duck” period between the time of the …show more content…
Higgs writes, “Had Roosevelt only kept his inoffensive campaign promises of 1932—cut federal spending, balance the budget, maintain a sound currency, stop bureaucratic centralization in Washington—the depression might have passed into history before his next campaign in 1936.” Many believed Roosevelt 's programs were close to Communistic ideas. Bureaucratic meddling and regimentation were also bitter complaints. The Federal government had become one of the largest single business in the nation. The most damning indictment of the New Deal was that it had failed to cure the depression. It was merely a sedative. Many remained unemployed. Robert Higgs writes, “Had the masses understood that the New Deal was only prolonging the depression, they would have had good reason to reject it and its vaunted leader.” The government did not have enough money to cover all the new programs
President Roosevelt made his mark in America’s history as a gifted leader while serving during a time of great economic crisis. He was elected to an unprecedented four terms as President due to his popularity. No doubt the Great Depression had affected the Republicans chances for election in 1932 which was Roosevelt’s first term in office as President. The movement seems to be more anti-Hoover than pro-Roosevelt at the time due to the economic depression for most Americans. The Democrats harnessed the national grudge and let it pull them to victory over the much-unloved incumbent, President Hoover. In that time a vote for Roosevelt was a vote against Hoover. Reminds us of the politics of today. The overwhelming American majority indicated an intense demand for change; “a new deal” was in the making. One questions whether any upstanding Democratic candidate could easily win since Hoover was so unpopular at that time.
The “lame duck” period between the time of the …show more content…
Higgs writes, “Had Roosevelt only kept his inoffensive campaign promises of 1932—cut federal spending, balance the budget, maintain a sound currency, stop bureaucratic centralization in Washington—the depression might have passed into history before his next campaign in 1936.” Many believed Roosevelt 's programs were close to Communistic ideas. Bureaucratic meddling and regimentation were also bitter complaints. The Federal government had become one of the largest single business in the nation. The most damning indictment of the New Deal was that it had failed to cure the depression. It was merely a sedative. Many remained unemployed. Robert Higgs writes, “Had the masses understood that the New Deal was only prolonging the depression, they would have had good reason to reject it and its vaunted leader.” The government did not have enough money to cover all the new programs