Franklin D. Roosevelt

Roosevelt signed and issued Executive order 9066 which allowed the Secretary of War to create military zones. Executive Order 9066 affected 112,000 people of Japanese descent, only two thirds of which were American citizens. Later, all of the people were…

The Presidency is arguably the most fascinating, and complex element of the American political system; due in part to the constitutional ambiguity that surrounds the office. Often, the people, the President, and the Constitution all have varying expectations about the role and duties of the presidency. Which in turn are not always seated in the realm of what is actually possible. The Presidency, according to the Founders, could be best described as limited. For, it is Congress that was…

The Japanese American Internment was forced relocation. Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a presidential proclamation which required the immigrants from other World War II countries to register with the Department of Justice (Staff, 2009). For example, Italy, Germany, Japan. Once registered, there was a Certificate of Identification for Aliens of Enemy Nationality (Staff, 2009). This was said to be a follow up of the Alien Registration Act of 1940 (Staff, 2009). We will talk about executive order,…

Before Roosevelt and his innovation of the New Deal, America was in absolute chaos. Compared to many of the countries in Europe, America did not feel the burden of WWI. In fact, she prospered greatly, lending money to many nations. However, that good fortune ended abruptly, beginning with Black Tuesday and worsening when the banks went bankrupt and closed, taking along much the the citizens’ money. The current president at the time, Herbert Hoover did nearly nothing, trying to adhere the the…

just change the attitude of the American government towards the war, but the attitude of many of the citizens of America as well. Of course, one of the first of many effects it had was causing the American President (Who, at the time was Mr. Franklin D Roosevelt) to declare war against the Japanese, which subsequently led them to get caught up in the Second World War as Japan, Germany, and Italy had already signed a pact (known as the tripartite pact) which promised that the three countries…

The Waldorf-Astoria was originally two hotels on Fifth Avenue 35th Street, where the Empire State Building now stands. William Waldorf Astor an American businessman made “The Waldorf” Hotel at 1893 standing at 13 stories high. The wealthy Astor family did not like each other and so at 1897, William Waldorf cousin’s John Jacob Astor IV opened the 17-story “The Astoria” Hotel. The two hotels competed against others until 1929 where it was demolished and made into the Empire State Building. During…

regards to the US , it can be argued that everything began after October 1929 when the Stock Market Crash caused widespread panic in Wall Street. In the years to follow investments dropped and unemployment increased dramatically. President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced reform measures in order to contrast the negative effects of the Great Depression. However, only after 1939 the economy in the country started to have a boost. Eventually, the US’s entry into World War II in 1941 caused a…

Japanese Internment during WWII On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. This bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. The president at the time, Franklin Roosevelt, when he found out he said “a date which will live in infamy.” About 331 ships and aircraft were either destroyed or damaged during this attack. This attack on Pearl Harbor caused a lot of worry for everyone in America, and no one knew what was going to happen next. Terror struck…

strung out and stressed because they were doing whatever they could to make enough money just to live. But President Franklin Roosevelt promised America a “new deal.” He stressed to “take a method and try it. If it fails, try another. But above all, try something” (New Deal “Alphabet Agencies”). And that he did. He provided relief, recovery, and reform in the United States. Roosevelt created acts like the Fair Labor Standards Act, which set a minimum wage and a maximum hour standard. Or the…

The Crisis on Wall Street Billions of dollars lost, thousands of businesses closed, and even more people without jobs. The stock market crash of 1929 was a very important event in United States history. This was a pivotal moment in the United States because of the drastic change it had on american lives. In order to fully understand how big of a deal this was a person needs to know a few basic ideas including, what are stocks, the stock market boom of the early 1920’s, what caused the crash, the…