“Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression as our 32nd President (1933-1945), Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." ”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30th, 1882. His loving parents were James and Sara Delano Roosevelt, and they raised him at Hyde Park, New York. FDR grew up surrounded by private tutors to get the best education, and by attending Harvard University, then Columbia Law School, he was able to get a history degree and enough knowledge in law to pass the bar to pursue a further interest in politics.
After studying law
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As a result, he lost use of his legs. He fought hard to regain them by using swimming as physical therapy, but would never be completely successful. However, he used this to his advantage, making a dramatic appearance on crutches at the Democratic Convention three years later. The loss of complete use of his legs did not stop him from achieving other things. He proved that his loss would not define him by becoming Governor of New York in 1928.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected President in November 1932, after the nation was sent to The Great Depression. With the help of Congress, he revived business and agriculture, helped the unemployed and those about to lose their farms, and brought reform to the Tennessee Valley Authority. This program was called Roosevelt’s New
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Roosevelt was reelected in 1936. His next goal was to enlarge the Supreme Court. This was to make the implementation of key New Deal measures possible. However, this Supreme Court battle was lost, “...but a revolution in constitutional law took place. Thereafter the Government could legally regulate the economy”.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had “...pledged the United States to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine ...to arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement.”
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This had pushed Roosevelt into directing the organization of the United States’ manpower and resources for global