Franklin D. Roosevelt

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his State of the Union address in 1941, the United States was once again on the brink of a world war. In the devastating aftermath of World War I, the United States adopted an isolationist stance, declining to join the League of Nations, refusing to sign the Versailles Treaty, and implementing the Neutrality Acts. All of these steps were taken to avoid any future US involvement in another Great War. By 1940, however, France had fallen to Germany, and the Axis…

Secondly, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirty second president of the United States of America and the serving commander and chief of all of the United States military force during World War 2. soon after roosevelt had helped america recover from one of the worst economic crisis in the nation's history on the day of December 7th 1941 the japanese army bombed the pearl harbor nana; base in hawaii prompting the United States to declare war on the Axis Powers of Nazi Germany, Italy and of…

many books on leadership, mostly theoretical with examples to emphasize their points, but not on any one individual person. I actually selected Franklin D. Roosevelt by accident. My intent was to…

During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate was at 25% and the stock market was down 90% and it wasn’t the government's job to help out it was the states or churches responsibility. Franklin D. Roosevelt on his first hundred days as president helped save the country by creating the Civilian Conservation Corps or the CCC to help the nation reduce its poverty/unemployment rate of the Great Depression. Fire, floods, drought, erosion was affecting the nations agriculture and crops. The CCC…

Roosevelt was a major player in expanding the executive branches role and scope. FDR and the Democratic Party came into power, mostly because of the Great Depression, and their resolve to figure out a solution to this crisis. President Roosevelt solution to this was the New Deal and “The New Deal sought to insure that the economic, social, and political benefits of American…

Franklin D. Roosevelt, otherwise known as FDR, was one of the greatest presidents that the United States had ever seen. This president went through the toughest periods of US history, which were the great depression, and world war II, ever since was elected into office, he had a goal of a new deal that would bring the United States out of depression, and despite some of the people who did not like this idea at all, it has greatly helped save the United States. FDR also went through tough times…

To add an additional layer of complications to the Franklin Roosevelt Memorial, it is in the nation’s capital. Washington D.C. has been a unique city since its inception. It was designed to be the nation’s capital, because of this most decisions about the appearance of the city have been carefully overseen by the federal government. The city is like a book, and every building, memorial, and monument are pages describing parts of American life in past, present, and future. The government wants to…

my opinion, one of (if not) the best presidents was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He entered the office during the Great Depression and stayed throughout the second World War. His actions and decisions have changed the United States for the better good, and without him we could potentially have been in the Great Depression for many more years, not to mention that we could have been in a much worse state due to World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York in 1882, and after…

Franklin D. Roosevelt “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” These are the words of a man that was once a great leader. During the time of a social revolution this man made hope, opportunity, and justice our nation’s national commitment. He found ways to problems that no one else could and he did what was necessary for everyone. In his 4 terms of presidency he led America through The Great Depression and WW 2. This man is none other than Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt…

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt who also goes by the nickname of “FDR,” impacted the United States as well as the world in major way. Franklin D. Roosevelt served as the 32nd president of the United States during an economic crisis. (“Franklin D. Roosevelt Biography”) FDR was born in 1882 in New York. His parents James and Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt were both wealthy people. Roosevelt enrolled into Harvard University in 1900 after graduating Groton. While he…