University & worked in Wall Street law firm as a clerk for several years. He entered politics in 1910, by winning the state senate in Dutchess County as a Democrat when the county was heavily Republican. Roosevelt became assistant secretary of the US Navy in 1913, by President Woodrow Wilson. He stayed in his post for 7 years, & travel to Europe in 1918, for a tour of the naval bases & battlefields after the US enter WWII. Roosevelt had support of his wife & a longtime supporter, a journalist named Louis Howe, to help Roosevelt to return to public life, by issuing statements on issues of the day & correspondence with the Democratic leaders. His wife Eleanor Roosevelt spoke publicly in New York State to keep her husband’s reputation strong
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He Broke tradition by going to Chicago & appeared in person to accept the nomination, by pledging “a new deal for the American people”. Roosevelt was confident & exuberant that he would win the election & he won by a landslide over the incumbent Hoover, who was a symbol of many people of the Great Depression. The Democrats won majorities in the House of Representatives & the Senate. On March 4th, 1933, Roosevelt was inaugurated when the depression had reached desperate levels, with 13 million people unemployed. His 1st inaugural address that was broadcast nationally on radio saying: “This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and prosper…[T]he only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Roosevelt started his 100 days as president by closing all the banks for several days till Congress get their act together & pass a reform legislation to help the people of the nation. He started to hold open press conferences & gave regular national radio addresses, so he can speak directly to the American people. The 1st radio address he done was called: “fireside chats”, which was about the banking crisis & it was broadcast to 60
He Broke tradition by going to Chicago & appeared in person to accept the nomination, by pledging “a new deal for the American people”. Roosevelt was confident & exuberant that he would win the election & he won by a landslide over the incumbent Hoover, who was a symbol of many people of the Great Depression. The Democrats won majorities in the House of Representatives & the Senate. On March 4th, 1933, Roosevelt was inaugurated when the depression had reached desperate levels, with 13 million people unemployed. His 1st inaugural address that was broadcast nationally on radio saying: “This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and prosper…[T]he only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Roosevelt started his 100 days as president by closing all the banks for several days till Congress get their act together & pass a reform legislation to help the people of the nation. He started to hold open press conferences & gave regular national radio addresses, so he can speak directly to the American people. The 1st radio address he done was called: “fireside chats”, which was about the banking crisis & it was broadcast to 60