Franklin Roosevelt's Legacy

Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President), was born January 30th, 1882 on a big estate of Hyde Park, New York. He was born into a wealthy household and had a great education. He had private tutors and attended elite schools including Groton and Harvard. He admired and looked up to his fifth cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, who was elected president in 1900. Oddly enough while he attended college he began to fall for Theodore’s niece, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (a distant cousin of his) and they got married in 1905. They had one girl and five son’s (one of the son’s passed in infancy). Roosevelt got his degree in law from Columbia University and started working for years to follow as a clerk in a Wall Street law firm. He soon, in 1910, entered

It was clear that Roosevelt was a front-runner in the coming democratic elections. Unlike many before him, he appeared in Chicago personally to accept the nomination. His great pledge was a new deal for the American people. During the general election it was Hoover and Roosevelt fighting for presidency. Roosevelt won by an overwhelming amount and began to fight the depression. By the time of Roosevelt inauguration (March 4, 1933) the depression had reached lower than ever. Thirteen million people were unemployed. In Roosevelt’s inaugural address which, was broadcasted on the radio, he proclaimed that the nation would come back from this and that Americans shall not fear. Roosevelt’s New Deal had a large impact on his Presidency overall. In the first 100 days he created some important programs as part of his New Deal which included the Public Works Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Civilian Conservations Corps, and Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Along with these programs aimed at helping workers and work for those that needed it, he created the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to help protect depositors and to help regulate the stock

This included Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Freedom from Fear, and Freedom from Want.

On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. Shortly after Roosevelt declared war on Japan. Roosevelt was the first President to leave the country during war time. He frequently met with Churchill and the Soviet Union’s leader, Joseph Stalin. Roosevelt kept the American people informed every step of the way with talks on the radio. In 1944 Roosevelt was named President once more for his Fourth term. Shortly after Roosevelt met with Churchill and Stalin in the Yalta Conference. At this meeting Stalin agreed to enter war against Japan. After the war ended, Roosevelt returned from Yalta to speak with congress. He was starting to weaken and was unable to stand in front of congress. In April 1945, Roosevelt traveled to his home in Georgia to combat his Polio. On April 12, Roosevelt suffered a very large cerebral hemorrhage and passed later that day. His vice president, Harry S. Truman succeeded him after