Assistant Secretary of the Navy

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Your country is failing. Economically failing. Nothing is helping. So you decide to run for president. You promise a “New Deal” for the people. A new deal that will help your country in its time of grief and failure. This is exactly what Franklin D. Roosevelt did in 1929. The Great Depression was a time in the U.S. where the stock market crashed causing banks to crash, and people to have no money. People lost everything, their homes, cars, and families. It was a terrible…

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City. Theodore Roosevelt’s family ancestors were successful Dutch glass importers that were one of New York’s leading families in the late 1800s. Theodor had a difficult time in early age. But always was on the right way and had reached his goals. Theodor’s father name was Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Mother Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
s Wives were Alice Hathaway Lee, Edith Kermit Carow
 his daughters Alice and Ethel. And his 
sons Theodore Jr.,…

When the Spanish-American War began, Roosevelt resigned as assistant secretary of the Navy and volunteered for service as commander the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, a unit known as the Rough Riders—an elite company comprised of Ivy League gentlemen, western cowboys, sheriffs, prospectors, police officers, and Native Americans. Once in Cuba, Roosevelt distinguished himself by leading them on a charge—on foot—up San Juan Hill (actually Kettle Hill) on the outskirts of Santiago. The contingent…

On October 29, 1929, known as the Black Tuesday, numerous American gathered in the Wall Street, feeling confident in the stock market, found out that there was a slump in stock price in horror. A severe economic depression explored in United States, which then spread across the world. America’s economy fell into the depths. Countless bankrupt firms, high unemployment, the decreasing personal income drove people despaired. At the critical moment, President Franklin D. Roosevelt inspired miserable…

While in office, Roosevelt built up the Navy. He stretched the United States Navy and sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to make the United States ' naval power more powerful. His efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. Not only did he win the Peace Prize, he had also won…

I chose Franklin D. Roosevelt because he was a central figure in world events during the 20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. His New Deal involved the great expansion of the role of the federal government in the economy. In the state election of 1910, Roosevelt ran for the New York State Senate from the district around Hyde Park in Dutchess County. The local party chose him as a paper candidate because his Republican cousin…

Harrison Wilson 28, April, 2015 History 1301 Panola Community College Bill Offer Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt was the thirty second President of the United States of America and the only president allowed to serve more than two terms. This is no problem and it was well deserved because his legacy is one that leads him to be known as the greatest president of the 20th century- quite possibly the greatest president ever in office. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30th,…

passed the bar exam at Columbia Law School. Roosevelt had obtained a vast amount of political experience before running for president. Roosevelt served as Governor of New York, New York State Senator, vice presidential candidate, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt also fulfilled many leadership positions in various organizations and associations and therefore had excellent communication, negotiation, and social skills. Roosevelt was a member of the law firm of Marvin, Hooker, and…

The president of the United States of America is an elected head of government and head of state who leads the executive arm of the federal government. In many countries, the president is the commander in chief of the armed forces. The president of the United States is regarded as the most powerful person because the country is considered as the world’s contemporary superpower. In U.S., the president is vested all executive power by Article II of the U.S. constitution including the…

The Republican party was formed on June 17, 1856. The party was formed to help stop the spread of slavery into western territories, after the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854. This act would allow the settlers to decide whether or not their state would be a slave state. The name of the party was created by Horace Greeley in a 1854 new york newspaper article. In this article he said: "We should not care much whether those thus united (against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free…