Assuming the presidency in the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people of faith to get on back. He brought hope as he quickly promised decisive action, and asserted in his inaugural speech, "all we have to fear is fear itself."
Born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York - now a National Historic Site - he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt.
Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt in the public service through politics, but as a Democrat. He won the Senate election in New York in 1910. President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic candidate for vice-president in 1920.
In the summer of 1921, when he was 39, disaster areas, he was struck by polio. Demonstration indomitable courage, he fought back the use of his legs, particularly through swimming. In 1924 Democratic Convention he dramatically appeared on crutches at Alfred E. Smith appointed as the "Happy Warrior". In 1928, Governor Roosevelt of New York.
He was elected president in November 1932, the first of four semesters. In March there were 13 million unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first 100 days, "he said, and Congress adopted a comprehensive program to restore the economy and agriculture take to help the unemployed and those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, particularly through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
In 1935 the nation had achieved a degree of recovery, but businessmen and bankers were more and more against Roosevelt's New Deal program. They feared his experiments, were appalled because he had the nation on the gold standard and allowed deficits in the budget, and what is not working the concessions. Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform: Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls on banks and public institutions, and a great relief program to work for the unemployed.
In 1936 he was reelected with a top-heavy margin. Feeling that he was armed with a popular mandate, he sought legislation to the Supreme Court, the invalid key New Deal measures should be increased. Roosevelt lost the Supreme Court battle, but a revolution has occurred in constitutional law. Then the government could legally regulate the economy.
Roosevelt had pledged the United States to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation in the United States to keep the war in Europe, but also threatening the nations under attack or strengthen. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military engagement send.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, Roosevelt directed the organization of work for the nation and the global war for resources.
The feeling that the future of peace in the world would depend on the relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much attention to the planning of the United Nations, which he hoped could be solved international problems.
As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorate, and on 12th April 1945, while in Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a brain hemorrhage.
Born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York - now a National Historic Site - he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt.
Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt in the public service through politics, but as a Democrat. He won the Senate election in New York in 1910. President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic candidate for vice-president in 1920.
In the summer of 1921, when he was 39, disaster areas, he was struck by polio. Demonstration indomitable courage, he fought back the use of his legs, particularly through swimming. In 1924 Democratic Convention he dramatically appeared on crutches at Alfred E. Smith appointed as the "Happy Warrior". In 1928, Governor Roosevelt of New York.
He was elected president in November 1932, the first of four semesters. In March there were 13 million unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first 100 days, "he said, and Congress adopted a comprehensive program to restore the economy and agriculture take to help the unemployed and those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, particularly through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
In 1935 the nation had achieved a degree of recovery, but businessmen and bankers were more and more against Roosevelt's New Deal program. They feared his experiments, were appalled because he had the nation on the gold standard and allowed deficits in the budget, and what is not working the concessions. Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform: Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls on banks and public institutions, and a great relief program to work for the unemployed.
In 1936 he was reelected with a top-heavy margin. Feeling that he was armed with a popular mandate, he sought legislation to the Supreme Court, the invalid key New Deal measures should be increased. Roosevelt lost the Supreme Court battle, but a revolution has occurred in constitutional law. Then the government could legally regulate the economy.
Roosevelt had pledged the United States to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation in the United States to keep the war in Europe, but also threatening the nations under attack or strengthen. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military engagement send.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, Roosevelt directed the organization of work for the nation and the global war for resources.
The feeling that the future of peace in the world would depend on the relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much attention to the planning of the United Nations, which he hoped could be solved international problems.
As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorate, and on 12th April 1945, while in Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a brain hemorrhage.
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