Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Role in Reforming America

The article The New Deal, by Thomas Kessner, outlines Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s pre presidency, but more importantly, the policy he used in an attempt to bring America back to its pre Great Depression economic greatness. In order to do so, Roosevelt expanded federal authority over American citizens. He implemented a progressive income tax as well as created numerous federal work projects, aimed at increasing employment, as well as use federal money to help the economy. One example the author uses to prove this point of the large amount of projects is the Tennessee Valley Authority initiative, which spanned across seven states. The projects worked towards economic development and conservation. This projects protected endangered forests, built dams, and brought electricity and running water to the people.

Roosevelt has been regarded as one of the presidents that stand out in the most highest of regard. Roosevelt proved to be the leader the American people needed in the 1930’s—a president who provided the psychological lift that helped them endure and survive the great depression. Unlike Coolidge, Roosevelt had a clear and current vision, of which he would apply to get the nation out of the slumps of a bolstering economy and dire straits. With huge challenges like mass unemployment and banks closing their doors, America was in grim need of assistance and direction, and the Roosevelt administration would be the most capable and equipped to end, or at least improve conditions during the recession. Within his first 100 days, FDR would submit a record amount of legislation, all aimed at getting the economy to recover, give relief to the hungry nation, and prepare the government with resources to prevent this kind of depression from happening again. This would become his legacy and plan of action coined as The New Deal. Agencies and legislation was created to turn the tide of the economy. Some examples include the establishing of the Civilian Conservation Corp that provided hundreds of thousands of jobs. Also, the Civil Works Administration would put nearly 4 million people to work building post offices, painting murals, paying artists for plays and film. The highest achievement is quite possibly the Social Security act, providing a guaranteed retirement system for the elderly over the age of 65; all funded by workforce pay and not by the government. It is clear FDR had a strong vision for America that influence his decisions about implementing policy the administration believed would end the recession. Not all acts and agencies passed through congress, and some agencies were also struck down by the judicial branch when found unconstitutional. Towards the end of FDR’s time in the white house, World War

Rooselvelt won the elecetion by an overwhelming victory, and over the next eight years, worked with the government to institute a series of projects and programs, known collectively as the New Deal put in place to try and restore the economy and Americans faith in it.2 During Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office he attempted to change a lot off the issues going on. The new president first declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks and then passed him Emergency Banking Act, which reorganized banks and ones that were insolvent.6 The president also started doing something he called fireside chats where he encouraged people, and in his first attempted to persuade people to put there trust and savings back into the banks, which they followed and within a month over half of all banks had been reopened. In this time the president also ended prohibition, signed the Tennessee valley act to build dams, passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act to stop farmers from overworking land and the National Industrial Recovery Act allowing people to request higher wages and better working conditions. After the completion of his first hundred days Roosevelt then decided to bring in his second hundred days. In this time frame he created the Works Progress Administration to provide jobs for unemployed people, the National Labor Relations Act or Wagner Act to create the National Labor Relations Board that would supervise union elections and prevent unfair treatment of people in working class, and finally created the Social Security act granting the older people in the united states care and projection. Although this may have not ended the great depression right off the bat it allowed for improvement during this time and Americans to but faith back into the

During this time, “…FDR promised ‘a new deal for the American people’” (Polenberg, 8). FDR quickly realized that in order to win over the citizens of the United States and to fix the crisis they were in, he had to address the two main things that he saw every American wanted during this economical depression. Polenberg informs his readers that FDR saw that the two things every American wanted was “…Work; work with all the moral and spiritual values that go with work. And with work, a reasonable measure of security—security for themselves and for their wives and children” (p.8). Knowing that these were the two main aspects (at the time) that FDR had to place the majority of his attention on, he went to work immediately as “He feared that a resolution was likely if he failed, as Hoover had, to solve the nation’s problems” therefore he begun formation of the first New Deal reforms (Polenberg, 8). These reforms were “…designed not so much to promote reform as to proceed recovery,” (Polenberg, 9) therefore indicating that “…the Roosevelt administration intended to move the country in a dramatically new direction” (Polenberg, 9). Some of the programs that the New Deal initiated were: the NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act), the NRA (the National Recovery Administration), the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act), the WPA (Works Progress Administration), the CWA (Civil Works Administration), and the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) just to name a few (Polenberg, 9-13). Each reform act was aimed at recovering a different but specific area of society. For example, the TVA worked to “…provide cheap electrical power… and… help prevent soil erosion and control floods” (Polenberg, 13) while the AAA “…served as the foundation of New Deal farm policy… balancing agricultural production and consumption so as to avoid surpluses and ensure that

Theodore Roosevelt, also known as Teddy, was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City. He had a medium sized family including his mother, Martha Roosevelt, father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr, and three other siblings. As a young child, Theodore had developed bronchial asthma where he spent a lot of time in the hospital. Theodore was wildly interested in the nature that surrounded him and natural history. As a child, Teddy was tutored by his aunt and he loved her stories that she told. After graduating high school, he had attended Harvard, where he studied natural history, science, writing, and much more. After graduating, Roosevelt decided to become

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City, to Theodore Roosevelt, and Martha Bulloch. He had an older sister Anna and later he would obtain a younger brother and sister, Elliot and Corinne. His family had owned a successful plate-glass import business. As a young boy, Theodore Roosevelt (or teddy) as his family so frequently called him ( of which he wasn 't very fond), spent a lot of time inside his family 's home. He was home schooled because his illnesses and asthma. This gave him the time to delve into his passion for animals, but by his teens though, with the encouragement of his father Theodore developed strenuous exercise routines that had included weightlifting and boxing. Later Roosevelt happily went to Harvard, but unfortunately after only 2 years of being there his father passed away. The pain of losing his father fueled his passion and he graduated and moved on to Columbia law school. Roosevelt didn

Next goal of FDR was to provide recovery to Americans and the government. Roosevelt created the NRA (National Recovery Act) which established and administered a system of industrial codes to control production, labor regulation, prices and trade practices in business. Even though this was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court during the Schechter Decision, it led to the creation of PWA and NIRA which kept money into the economy and theory of “priming the pump” to stimulate economy. Although FDR’s aim in bringing an end to the depression by pumping money into economy, agencies were ineffective led to creation of Second new deal which continued to create government involvement in economy. NLRB or Wagner Act gave workers protected right

In his first speech, he explained to everyone his outlook and plan on the problem with the banking system. Carnes and Garraty explain, "He reopened the banks under Treasury Department licenses" (Carnes and Garraty 579). This plan turned out to be a successful attempt and proved to the public that things were starting to look up. While in office, Roosevelt came up with the Civilian Conservation Corps. This program gave lots of men jobs in the environmental field. Establishing this idea contributed to a decrease in the unemployment rate. Roosevelt had later decided that he wanted to do something in order to help the farmers out who were working in dangerous conditions. His willingness and concern led to a new enactment. Carnes and Garraty claim, "The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of May 1933 combined compulsory restrictions on production with government payments to growers of wheat, cotton, tobacco, pork, and a few other staple crops" (Carnes and Garraty 580). With this new law, he made it possible to increase the price of agriculture and make it comparable to the industry prices. Soon after being put into action the agriculture business started to grow. Many of Roosevelt's new laws and policies worked as well as some that did not. Given his nature, he did not call it quits when things

the book, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Making of Modern America, the entire life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is told. This book includes all aspects of the former democratic Presidents life, from his parent’s life, his education, his life before presidency, his time in office, and his death.

At the beginning of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, many policies emerged to control the current situation the nation was living. One of them was the economy act, which acted to reduce the federal spending. National Industrial Recovery Act was another important policy of the time, which established some industry codes and working condition. Another policy was the Tennessee Valley Authority that helped to stop the deforestation and ensured an easier to pay electricity prizes for homes and industries. There were also many others like the Emergency Banking Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act.

Modern America has faced numerous complex issues like the economy, government relations to the public, and forgive affairs that have been addressed by the government but have yet to be thoroughly solved. As a man who came into office in the midst of a downfall and left with all Americans having new hope for the future, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a man of extraordinary capacity who demonstrated no apprehension in finding a way to take care of the country's issues. Taking into consideration the foundation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration, one can conclude that Roosevelt would be reelected in the modern era as he was a man with a concrete plan involving significant change, the faculty to relate to the general population, and the conviction that whenever possible, America should avail other nations at war.

Roosevelt’s New Deal was a major part in helping end this depression. It was a multitude of acts that were passed, such as: Securities and Exchange Commission, Civil Conversation Crops, Works Progress Administration, National Recovery Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Agency, Agricultural Adjustment Act, Homeowners Loan Corporation, Tennessee Valley Authority, National Labor Relations Act, Social Security Administration, Soil Conversation Act, Fair Labor Standard Act (Great D., New Deal). Although there is a lot of acts that were passed, there are some that were more important than others. One being the Civil Conservation Crops

On October 27, 1858, Roosevelt was born on East Twentieth Street in New York City to Martha Bulloch, who he described as a "sweet gracious, beautiful Southern Woman" and Theodore Roosevelt Sr., who he wrote was "the best man I ever knew." Roosevelt was born into wealth, with his father a henchman of the family firm, Roosevelt & Son. Roosevelt’s grandfather, Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, had earlier redesigned

Franklin Delano Roosevelt had immensely influenced the American life and politics during the Great Depression by creating various improvised reforms and relief measures to attempt to generate a secure economy and unprejudiced society; specifically, FDR addressed the pivotal issues of the nation through the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Social Security Act, and the National Labor Relations Act. The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of 1933 was created to supply an immediate relief to the farmers by providing regulations for prices and planting from the federal government. Consequently, the income of the farming industry soared and prices for crops such as wheat, cotton, and corn were regulated, so that resulted in the economy being enhanced

Roosevelt felt that reform needed to happen in order for America to get back on their feet again. He “Alphabet Agencies” helped serve the purpose of providing immediate relief to over nine million Americans. Starting by creating the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which provided employment in government camps for three million men. This led to his Works Progress Administration (WPA) that put $11 million dollars into public building, bridges, and hard-surfaced roads, which created millions of new jobs. To people who were used to contacting the government for jobs, this was a huge breakthrough for Roosevelt.¬¬¬ These reforms also led to helping farmers in need (AAA), or homeowners struggling with mortgages (HOLC), or families starving during the winter (CWA). None of these ideas had ever been brought up before, which