Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Presidency During The Civil War
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidency
What is the most important event in US history between the Civil War and today? I could say that it is the Great Depression, the downfall of the economy. I could say 9/11 a shock to the US that had started an 8+ year war. But I won’t, I think the most important even is Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidency. When Franklin Roosevelt became President on March 4, 1933, America was a nation in despair. The Great Depression had left millions of Americans out of work. Franklin Delano Roosevelt took immediate action to end the crisis and to inspire Americans to overcome their fears. As the chaos of war spread across the world, FDR prepared the country for the challenge and ultimately led a grand coalition of nations against the Axis Powers. He served as President for over 12 years, longer than any other person, during the two greatest crises of the 20th Century. Those crises were The Great Depression, which he led America out of, and World War II. Herbert Hoover was the President during the Great Depression; however Franklin Roosevelt was the President who brought America out …show more content…
Not too long afterwards, on February 20, 1942, Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which evacuates Japanese-Americans from the Pacific Coast to interior internment camps. That was done, because there was a fear that they might be spies from Japan. During WWII Roosevelt had fireside chats, which were radio broadcasts that he made to share his intentions and progress of those intentions with the American people. They helped Americans to understand what FDR was doing to help them survive the conditions of the Depression. That is how he gained the trust of Americans, and by the time WWII that’s what they needed, someone they trusted and were familiar with to pull them through the war. They didn’t want a
What is the most important event in US history between the Civil War and today? I could say that it is the Great Depression, the downfall of the economy. I could say 9/11 a shock to the US that had started an 8+ year war. But I won’t, I think the most important even is Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidency. When Franklin Roosevelt became President on March 4, 1933, America was a nation in despair. The Great Depression had left millions of Americans out of work. Franklin Delano Roosevelt took immediate action to end the crisis and to inspire Americans to overcome their fears. As the chaos of war spread across the world, FDR prepared the country for the challenge and ultimately led a grand coalition of nations against the Axis Powers. He served as President for over 12 years, longer than any other person, during the two greatest crises of the 20th Century. Those crises were The Great Depression, which he led America out of, and World War II. Herbert Hoover was the President during the Great Depression; however Franklin Roosevelt was the President who brought America out …show more content…
Not too long afterwards, on February 20, 1942, Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which evacuates Japanese-Americans from the Pacific Coast to interior internment camps. That was done, because there was a fear that they might be spies from Japan. During WWII Roosevelt had fireside chats, which were radio broadcasts that he made to share his intentions and progress of those intentions with the American people. They helped Americans to understand what FDR was doing to help them survive the conditions of the Depression. That is how he gained the trust of Americans, and by the time WWII that’s what they needed, someone they trusted and were familiar with to pull them through the war. They didn’t want a