Essays on Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR was born on January 30th,1882 in Hyde Park, New York. His parents are James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. They educated him with tutors who taught him almost all of his education. He then started to attend Groton, a private school in Massachusetts for...

The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1940 and was the most exceedingly bad financial downturn in the historical backdrop of the industrialized world. It started after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into frenzy and wiped out a huge...

The 32nd President of the United States and serving the longest in American history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) has been called a great leader, humanitarian, skilled politician, and self-confident. The American people were looking for help, hope and reaffirmation that the country would right itself...

In 1929, the Stock Market crashed, sending Americans into a panic. Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidential election of 1932, restoring people’s faith with his promise to end the Great Depression with his New Deal. FDR’s programs in the New Deal failed to end the...

Franklin D. Roosevelt is a defining figure and, arguably, one of the most consequential Presidents in the history of the Unites States. He stepped up to the plate when America was facing its toughest hour, and forever changed the role that the Federal Government played...

In-Class Essay: Executive Order 9066 The overreach of executive power by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Executive Order 9066 demonstrates how executive orders are an abuse of power by the President of the United States and that they are deliberately designed to toe the line of...

The unemployment rate rose sharply during the Great Depression and reached its peak at the moment Franklin D. Roosevelt took office. As New Deal programs were enacted, the unemployment rate gradually lowered. ( Bureau of Labor Statistics) The new deal was a program where they...

It is hard to imagine an America without major social programs such as social security or the SEC for example, but for Americans before the 1930s this was their harsh reality. After the stock market crash of 1929, America fell into the worst economic depression...

The stock market crash of 1929 set off a chain of events that drove the United States into the Great Depression. Many went through unemployment which caused numerous of problems in their lives. At this time they were under the control of President Hoover. President...

In 1939 the Presidential Library system began thanks to President Franklin D. Roosevelt after he donated all of his presidential papers to the Federal Government to keep. President Roosevelt also donated part of his Hyde Park estate to the United States to use. Along with...

On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor, a United States Naval base located around Oahu, was unexpectedly and ruthlessly attacked by Japanese air forces. In accordance to this unprecedented attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues unto congress one of today’s most infamous speeches. Throughout this speech,...

People of Moral Excellence Franklin D. Roosevelt Measuring excellence by morality is a difficult thing to do. One way this can be done is by looking at how a person has helped others and how many people this person has helped. Using these measuring tools...

While listening to Roosevelt’s first fireside chat, I was most intrigued by the intent of his speech. On the surface, the president’s first widespread radio communication was about educating the public on changes made within the banking system. In his rhetoric, he made no implications...

Several years into the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt was elected president under the Democratic ticket. The Great Depression was a time of crisis for America; almost a fourth of the labor force was unemployed, and many more only worked part time. Thousands of banks failed...

Infamy has proven to be a befitting choice of words as the tragic Pearl Harbor incident is still remembered and memorialized today as the turning point of World War II. In an effort to sway fellow congressman to officially declare war on Japan and to...

There is no doubt that to live in America during the early 1930s was more than complicated. This was a time laced with hardships and uncertainty to all Americans. With fear always looming overhead, the choice between Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt was the...

From 1939 to 1945, the world fell into a great darkness. During this time period, nations were battling it out in what is currently known as the Second World War. It was during this time that leaders of nations were under extreme pressure to address...

President Roosevelt has been widely renown as one of the best presidents in contemporary American history. Many aspects of his “New Deal” are still in effect to date; the Social Security Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. However, even...

The New Deal The Great Depression really affected how things were going in America. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president who had to address this issue. It was something that the president was optimistic on, stating that he “Promised a new deal and situation for...

It was all the rage, that famous and infamous New Deal. Created by then-president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it aimed at the revival of economy and expansion of labor—both of which had dwindled in the economic depression that plagued the United States in the late twenties...

On October 24th, 1929, the great crash of the American stock market triggered an unprecedented economic crisis, which was quickly spread to the entire capitalist world. It was the deepest, longest, and the most widespread crisis in American history. At that time, the President of...