How would you through a live changing disease that made walking not an option? Roy Jenkins speaks in an informative tone all about an inspirational man who lived through that in the Biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Jenkins tells you what Roosevelt did to combat a disease that had changed his life. Roosevelt's life can tell the everyday person to be ready for the worst, never give up, and to control your own life. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's disease, polio, can tell everyone to be ready for anything that can happen. Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in Hyde Park, NY. He was living a great life as he was homeschooled by his mom and many private tutors, he then went to Harvard, and married a distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt,
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When Roosevelt became president in 1933, America was in a Great Depression while still having polio. The economy was in bad shape, and people and banks were losing money. To act on this crisis, Roosevelt decides to create "The New Deal." This new deal had dug America out of a huge hole, as it helped banks massively, and helped the everyday America lose less money. Straight after the Great Depression, WWII had lured America into the battle. In 1941 Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, and US had declared war on Japan. FDR had teamed up with England and their prime minister Winston Churchill to try to take out the enemy. FDR was always making battle plans with his generals and allies to try to defeat the opponent. While he was back at home in America he would talk over the radio in his "Fireside chats" to rally America to join and help out in the war. Eventually America and England had defeated the Italians and Germans and had won the battle. FDR was a very productive and successful president although he had a disease that would bother and try to slow him down everyday, but FDR had won the battle over his disease. He had never let his polio take him down, and he had controlled his own life and he was able to win WWII, and save America from the Depression. “The world we live in is still Franklin Roosevelt’s world, more fragmented yet with population doubled, weapons and communications revolutionized, dangerous in new ways,
When Roosevelt became president in 1933, America was in a Great Depression while still having polio. The economy was in bad shape, and people and banks were losing money. To act on this crisis, Roosevelt decides to create "The New Deal." This new deal had dug America out of a huge hole, as it helped banks massively, and helped the everyday America lose less money. Straight after the Great Depression, WWII had lured America into the battle. In 1941 Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor, and US had declared war on Japan. FDR had teamed up with England and their prime minister Winston Churchill to try to take out the enemy. FDR was always making battle plans with his generals and allies to try to defeat the opponent. While he was back at home in America he would talk over the radio in his "Fireside chats" to rally America to join and help out in the war. Eventually America and England had defeated the Italians and Germans and had won the battle. FDR was a very productive and successful president although he had a disease that would bother and try to slow him down everyday, but FDR had won the battle over his disease. He had never let his polio take him down, and he had controlled his own life and he was able to win WWII, and save America from the Depression. “The world we live in is still Franklin Roosevelt’s world, more fragmented yet with population doubled, weapons and communications revolutionized, dangerous in new ways,