Meagan Beckwith
U.S History 1302
23 June 2013
Professor Wooten
Book Review on Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. While being president he was trying to lead our country through a time of economic depression and total war. Franklin D. Roosevelt was one of the most important leaders of the 20th century. Alan Brinkley, the author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, wrote this biography in order to show Roosevelt’s life from childhood to presidency and all the trials and tribulations that occurred. Brinkley wrote this book to be able to show Roosevelt’s life from when he was born to him leading our country through the war. Not only just showing what happened in his life but also being
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He went to Groton at fourteen years old granted he gradated doing very well academically, he went his whole four years there as a lonely outsider. He entered Harvard in 1900 with a new outlook look on life and tried hard to make friends. Roosevelt found himself being attracted to his distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt while attending Harvard. In 1905 he married Eleanor and they together had six children. Roosevelt attended Columbia Law School, although he did not meet all the requirements he passed his bar exams and started practicing law in New York. Later, Franklin had an affair with his wife’s social secretary Lucy Mercer. Eleanor discovered their relationship in 1918 by finding letters between the two of them. Roosevelt served eight years as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1910 in New York. He was also governor of New York in 1928 and again in 1930. Roosevelt was paralyzed in both legs due to him having polio in 1921 ceasing him to be able to enjoy his favorite activities. Roosevelt would try to disguise his paralysis in public by wearing heavy leg braces to help him walk. In 1932 he was nominated for president with his opponent being Herbert Hoover. Winning the election he promised that he would conduct the war against the depression. When winning presidency Roosevelt took on an immense amount of stress all at once. The world was in an incredible crisis due to the economy depression. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, born October 27, 1858, was the United States’ twenty sixth President. Roosevelt was born into a wealthy and socially dominant family. Though he was a quick thinker and very bright, he was not very physically fit; Roosevelt had severe asthma attacks as a youth. (Andrews) Roosevelt attended Harvard College starting with a science major, but his eventual majors were law and politics. After graduating Harvard in 1880, Roosevelt married his first wife, had his first child, and lost his wife two weeks after the birth of their daughter on Valentines day 1884. He had also begun his career in politics, joining the Republican Party when they were treated like a private organization, having few
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a man who besides his intelligence, charm and strong confidence, he was able to sustain the nation through the most overbearing crisis know as the Great Depression as well as World War II. While managing to stay optimistic, Franklin Roosevelt helped people regain faith in themselves. Despite all the chaos going on at the time, “he was met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory (pg. 90).” He was praised for pushing the government to help those who were underprivileged. This was a new beginning in time for Americans known as the New Deal. He told the country to live by; “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself (pg 90).” Franklin Roosevelt made a very
After graduating from Harvard in 1876, his future lay ahead of him. An zealous adherent to the Victorian values of marriage and family, Roosevelt was engaged to be married to Alice Lee before he graduated. The year of his marriage also became the beginning of his political career. Roosevelt quit law school after one year and pursued a career in politics in New York City wards. He was able to get elected to the New York legislature. He immediately began to expose corruption and special interests which dominated the political arena at the time. After serving in several political appointments from New York City Police Commissioner to a Colonel in the American Army charging hills in Cuba, Roosevelt knew his life would be in public service. In what has been called one Roosevelt’s greatest tragedies was the loss of his wife and mother on the same day: Valentine’s Day, 1884. His wife, Alice, had given birth to a daughter, Alice Lee. After spending two years in mourning, during which he spent much time in the western frontiers and wilderness raising cattle and hunting buffalo, he authored several books including the Naval War of 1812 and volumes on the rigors and requirements for settling the western frontiers. Roosevelt married a young woman named Edith Carow. His family grew to two daughters and four sons. He is
Theodore Roosevelt was one of our greatest presidents. He created the FDA and improved the position of the presidency greatly. Before Theodore came to be president, the position of presidency was slow and wasn’t very interesting so he made the executive branch more powerful by starting new reforms and a strong foreign policy. The life of a president is hard. It is full of stress, responsibilities, and a strong dedication the welfare of your country. Theodore had to deal with all of these presidential stresses, taking up much of his time. Do you know, though, that despite being a president, he led a life of excitement and freedom that many other presidents had never before experienced? Theodore, “Teddy” as his first wife Alice called him,
Roosevelt was not the type to be tied down. He was an adventure by heart and had many exploits over the years. He was a great athlete and played sports throughout his life. He work as a cattle ranch in the Midwest and he would say that he found himself there as a man. He was a rugged mans man and that gave him a great platform in the political world.
This Biography is on the life of Theodore Roosevelt. Beginning with his childhood, and ending with his death. Describing in detail his early childhood, the author gives a good explanation of what motivated the future President in his later years. The book also gives good insight into many of Roosevelt 's decisions during his adult years and political career, along with information from his personal life, that many people may not have known.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States from March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945. Franklin Roosevelt was not the first Roosevelt to serve as president. Franklin Roosevelt was related to Theodore Roosevelt, who had been the 26th president of the United States. As an only child, he got to go on many trips to Europe with his parents, his dad had been 26 years older than his mom and was educated by private tutors instead of going to an public school. When he had been attending Harvard University, FDR met his distant cousin Eleanor and had fallen in love.
Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States and held in office from 1933-1945. He led our country through some of the hardest times in the U.S. Including The Great Depression and World War 2. Roosevelt led an eager government program known as the New Deal to help ease the economic pain. Franklin was born into a wealthy New York Family. He is a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt who held in office from 1901-1909. Roosevelt helped put strong controls on business and finance. The government spent billions of dollars of relief and public works. Including the WPA, CCC, TVA, and the NRA. He became known as the FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt). People of the United States all had their own opinion on Franklin, Some liked him, some hated him and some didn't even care at all. Roosevelt had a lot of positivity which may be why a lot of people liked him, he gave hope to the country and their thoughts on the outcomes of the war and the great depression. Franklin had a lot of courage to do
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirty-second U.S president, and the only president to be elected four times. He led American through the trials of the Great Depression and World War II. He was born on January 30, 1882 in New York. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s curiosity, persistence, and self- confidence served to be extremely helpful traits through his presidency. When he combines all of his super powers together it makes an amazing success story. Sadly Roosevelt’s life was brutally taken by the deadly disease called polio in Georgia in 1945 from polio, a highly infectious viral disease; he still managed to lead this country to providence without fail. His is a president worthy of reputation; He was the beacon of light that led America to
FDR was born an only child from a wealthy family on January 30, 1882 in New York. He was taught at home until the age of 14. He later went to Harvard to study as a lawyer. At the same time, he went into a relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, and the two became engaged on November 22, 1903. After his law career, Roosevelt entered politics as a Democrat. His well-known relative, Teddy, and many others were Republicans. Roosevelt quickly climbed the Democratic ranks to become the assistant secretary of the Navy during World War I. In 1920, he ran as vice president on the unsuccessful Democratic ticket. After his vice presidential defeat, Roosevelt came across what was diagnosed as Polio in 1921 while on vacation in Canada. He was paralyzed from the waist down ever since. Thousands of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1882-1945), 32nd of the United States. Roosevelt became president in March 1933 at the depth of the Great Depression, was reelected for an unprecedented three more terms, and died in office in April 1945, less than a month before the surrender of Germany in World War II. Despite an attack of poliomyelitis, which paralyzed his legs in 1921, he was a charismatic optimist whose confidence helped sustain the American people during the strains of economic crisis and world war.
In the 1932 election, the Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt collected 57.4 percent of the popular vote to easily defeat the republican opponent, Herbert Hoover. He strove to be a symbol of confidence and a new hope for the nation, declaring in his inauguration day speech on March 4, 1933, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" (Norton, p.727). By incorporating this theory into politics, he attempted to pick America off the ground, and set America back on track with two sets of programs called the First and Second New Deals.
“Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them” (The Four Freedoms). Prior to the U.S. entry into World War II, the American people were reluctant of being involved with the affairs of the world. Through a turn events and the persuasive actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the country was re-geared for mobilization and war against tyranny in whichever form it presented itself. The President delivered many great speeches that brought the United States to global involvement with the use of early national media and propaganda. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous “Four Freedoms” speech along with the events of Pearl Harbor were the inspiration that rallied and unified the American people to come out of “Isolationist America” and enter World War II.
After Law school, Roosevelt worked for several years as a clerk in a Wall Street law firm; then in 1910,he became interested in politics and won a seat in the State Senate as a Democrat. Then in 1913, during Woodrow Wilson presidency, he was named assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy. In 1921, at age 39, he was diagnosed with Poliomyelitis, which paralyzed his body from his waist down to his feet, that left him in a wheelchair. He was elected governor of New York in 1928 and then re-elected in 1930. He then went on to be elected president in 1932 and took oath into office
Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882. He went through his basic schooling at a local school. Then he went to college at Harvard for 8 years in 1903 and then he went to a school of law at Columbia in 1910. During his schooling at Harvard he married Eleanor Roosevelt in 1905.