Roosevelts: An Intimate History Summary

The fifth episode of The Roosevelts: An Intimate History is about the period in Franklin Roosevelt’s life between 1933-1939. This episode, “The Rising Road," relates to the material that is learned in class as it gives additional details and information about FDR life that gives us more of an insight into why FDR made certain political, economic, and personal decisions that affected America as a whole and it explains the affect some of FDR acts had on his political career and on the American public. Several unique acts that FDR did that differed from his predecessors but had a significant impact includes his “fireside chats” with the American public, the relationship between Roosevelt and his wife and its affect on his political career, and Roosevelt’s progressive New Deal plan and the fights he had with Congress and the Supreme Court. Roosevelt was elected to president during the Great Depression. At the …show more content…
His New Deal plan gave hope to a lot of people and he was willing to do more and be more flexible than Hoover, gaining the support of the public. FDR released several acts in relation to the New Deal like the National Recovery Act and the National Labor Relations Act, but eventually the Supreme Court declared the National Recovery Act unconstitutional. This caused FDR to come up with a plan to “pack” the Supreme Court with judges that support his plan, however this caused problems for him in the future as he lost a lot of his Democratic allies. This relates to the class as it gives more details in how some of FDR actions caused problems for him later on and it showed how popular his New Deal plan was with the public and the federal government. The “Rising Road” episode over The Roosevelts relates to class as it shows background details that demonstrates the motivation behind some of the actions that FDR made during his three terms as