Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president November 8, 1932. Roosevelt led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II, and greatly expanded the powers of the federal government through a series of programs and reforms known as the New Deal. Prior to becoming president, at age 39 Roosevelt contracted polio which forever changed his life. A year later he took his term in office, but this diseases did not stop him. Roosevelt promised American's a “New Deal” during his first hundred days as president. Roosevelt taking office after Hoover, needed to help America out of the depression, his plan differed from any other plans, it supported direct federal aid, tightened government control over industries and had hoped to start consumer confidence and the economy. Roosevelt started by declaring a “bank holiday”, closing down banks for four days while passing emergency banking legislation through congress. Act such as,The Wagner Act allowed labor unions to organize and bargain collectively. The Social Security Act set up programs designed to provide for the needs of the aged, the poor, and the unemployed,
establishing a social welfare net that, covered all Americans. Some other programs he designed to reverse the effects of the Depression positively helped. Including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Rural Electrification Administration (REA), The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), WPA, and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA). But when it came to recovery, the New Deal's preformance came out to short. It was certainly sucessful in both short-term relief, and in implementing long-term structual reform. However, the New Deal failed to end the Great Depression. Only American mobilization for war in the early 1940's brought the United States out of its economic doldrums. Hoping to keep the United States out of war, failed when military post Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. As the United States became involved in World War II, Roosevelt lead the US proud. He helped develop a strategy for defeating Germany in Europe through a series of invasions and also promoted the formation of the United Nations. But Roosevelt did not live to see the war's end, in April 1945, just weeks before the German surrender, the president collapsed and died of a cerebral hemorrhage. One of the most famous lines Franklin D. Roosevelt stated at his First Inaugural Address: “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself."
establishing a social welfare net that, covered all Americans. Some other programs he designed to reverse the effects of the Depression positively helped. Including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Rural Electrification Administration (REA), The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), WPA, and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA). But when it came to recovery, the New Deal's preformance came out to short. It was certainly sucessful in both short-term relief, and in implementing long-term structual reform. However, the New Deal failed to end the Great Depression. Only American mobilization for war in the early 1940's brought the United States out of its economic doldrums. Hoping to keep the United States out of war, failed when military post Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. As the United States became involved in World War II, Roosevelt lead the US proud. He helped develop a strategy for defeating Germany in Europe through a series of invasions and also promoted the formation of the United Nations. But Roosevelt did not live to see the war's end, in April 1945, just weeks before the German surrender, the president collapsed and died of a cerebral hemorrhage. One of the most famous lines Franklin D. Roosevelt stated at his First Inaugural Address: “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself."
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