The United States has had great experience with many powerful leaders that influenced America greatly, but in 1932, a man with views and a character different than his predecessors won the trust of millions of Americans who at one point had no hopes, and a future seemed unclear. His name was Franklin D. Roosevelt, a man whose willingness to build the economy of his country as the most powerful nation, brought admiration not only among his fellow American citizens, but the rest of the worlds. Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the only child of James and Sara Roosevelt. FDR is among the most remembered U.S. Presidents. Serving as President for more than twelve years, he was the only President to be
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He promised to balance the federal budget, which Herbert Hoover had been unable to do. When FDR came into office, the national deficit was nearly $3,000,000,000 and America was struggling. (ushistory.org).The Great Depression began on October 29, 1929, a day known forever after as “Black Tuesday,” The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to the early 1940s, and “was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.” (history.com).The depression was caused by an over-extended stock market and a drought that struck and crippled the South. The economy was inflated as money was worth virtually nothing and Roosevelt started with bringing together the work force. At that time, “US exports had fallen by 62 percent. Over thirteen million people, nearly 25 percent of the workforce, were now unemployed” (Roosevelt Institute). FDR made his first inaugural address in Capitol Plaza Washington. He promised that he would act swiftly to face the “dark realities of the moment” and assured Americans that he would “wage a war against the emergency” just as though “we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.” (history.com). Using his special academic team known as the, “Brains Trust,” he introduced 15 major laws in the first one hundred days. They introduced the Civilian Conservation Corps which provided unskilled manual labor at $30 a month putting 30 million people back to work resulting in a major success (ushistory.org). Also, the Farm Security Administration was put into play where the government gave farmers loans, healthcare, and training. This helped farmers get land which further helped boost the economy. The most important and new act he introduced to America was the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. This set the stage for the rules and regulations that consume Americans’ lives in the 21st century. It set a designated minimum, accounted for overtime pay and no
He promised to balance the federal budget, which Herbert Hoover had been unable to do. When FDR came into office, the national deficit was nearly $3,000,000,000 and America was struggling. (ushistory.org).The Great Depression began on October 29, 1929, a day known forever after as “Black Tuesday,” The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to the early 1940s, and “was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.” (history.com).The depression was caused by an over-extended stock market and a drought that struck and crippled the South. The economy was inflated as money was worth virtually nothing and Roosevelt started with bringing together the work force. At that time, “US exports had fallen by 62 percent. Over thirteen million people, nearly 25 percent of the workforce, were now unemployed” (Roosevelt Institute). FDR made his first inaugural address in Capitol Plaza Washington. He promised that he would act swiftly to face the “dark realities of the moment” and assured Americans that he would “wage a war against the emergency” just as though “we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.” (history.com). Using his special academic team known as the, “Brains Trust,” he introduced 15 major laws in the first one hundred days. They introduced the Civilian Conservation Corps which provided unskilled manual labor at $30 a month putting 30 million people back to work resulting in a major success (ushistory.org). Also, the Farm Security Administration was put into play where the government gave farmers loans, healthcare, and training. This helped farmers get land which further helped boost the economy. The most important and new act he introduced to America was the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. This set the stage for the rules and regulations that consume Americans’ lives in the 21st century. It set a designated minimum, accounted for overtime pay and no