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Franklin D Roosevelt's Accomplishments

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The thirty second American president Franklin D Roosevelt, was born on January 1882, in New York. He started his life in Hyde Park with wealthy family and was the only child of James and Sara Roosevelt. According to Biography.com, he had lived a prosperous childhood compare to other folks. He spent his fourteen years on private tutors only. He used to visit different places with his family during his childhood. Later, he graduated from Harvard and went to law school in Columbia, where he studied law. In 1910, he started his political career by elected to the New York State Senate. And then, he became the Assistant secretary of the Navy. His career was stopped for a while, when he was suffered from polio. He nearly lost the use of his legs, …show more content…

To overcome the great depression, Roosevelt signed number of new bills such as Social Security to help retirees, the FDIC to maintain secure bank deposits, Civilian Conservation Corps, new power plants, aid for farmers and so on which brings the great change in economy of country. All these programs were from his “The New Deal “which was created to raise the economy of the nation and improve the standard of the people. At that time thousands of Americans were suffered from starving due to economic crisis. And the program like PWA (Public Works Administration) provided employment to thousands of Americans across the country in various building projects to survive on this huge crisis. Also, the Roosevelt’s other programs decreased the unemployment and made secure for bank on having money, but the depression did not stopped. Later, all these programs were criticized by some business community and others. Also, Supreme Court disagreed with all his programs and made the New Deal in 1939. Programs like Social Security and the Glass-Stegall act still exist in America today and considered as the greatest accomplishments from Roosevelts

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