Roosevelt wanted equal opportunities for all people, and he did so because he appreciated all of the hard work the working class put in to have a stable living. He was very against the greedy “trusts” that only wanted to make profits for themselves, as shown in the picture from the Inequality and the World Economy of Roosevelt “putting the screws” on the trusts to keep them intact. (Document B). Historian Edmund Morris described how Roosevelt took a moral approach for all of the nation’s…
Not only did it help with competitors, but also it limited production so that the prices of products would increase. Both of these acts “were designed to address unemployment by regulating the number of hours worked per week and banning child labor” Then came along the Public Works Administration that helped improve cities. FDR believed that if you invest money on improving where people lived, it would help the economy as well. FDR brought attention to bring new policies on financial sector, this includes banks or companies that deal with insurance. Financial Sector are certain stocks that contain firms that brought assistance to many consumers.…
President Roosevelt brought the right approach by acting, creating programs and providing to the needy and homeless. If nothing is being done how could the economy fix itself? Even though Hoover's idea of stimulation the economy was to not stimulate it at all and just let America get out of the depression and work its way out of the dark by itself. President Roosevelt brought the right approach by acting, creating programs providing to the needy and homeless. Roosevelt was caring for all of America's basic needs, Roosevelt was finding jobs getting people back into the workforce stimulating the economy.…
To start off, each speech is presented under different circumstances during American history. Franklin D. Roosevelt is dealing with the depression of the United States. His speech comes at a time when taxes have risen, the ability to pay has fallen, and not only is the American government faced with restriction of income, but governments around the world as well. He speaks of how many farmers can't seem to find a market for their produce and how the savings of thousands of families have vanished. Most important of all he mentions a host of unemployed citizens faced with a life and death state of affairs due to the present economical situation. His presidency therefore faces very depressing circumstances throughout this time.…
I was very interested in how Teddy Roosevelt helped our country. Teddy Roosevelt was elected into office after McKinley was assassinated. Roosevelt started to change America with the start of ending the Gilded age. Then he came out with the “Square Deal” which was, everyone gets an equal share just like how a square has all equal sides. This cut out the issues of monopolies, work labor, women’s rights, black rights and more.…
In the 1930s, times were tough, due to the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, there was not a real plan to help people out. Until Franklin Roosevelt came up with an idea to help people get through the Great Depression. When the people voted him for president, they believed that he would change society for the better. When he became president, to the people’s surprise, Franklin Roosevelt did not do what he said he would do to help the people. Franklin Roosevelt’s plan was criticized for being too vague and for not getting rid of the businessmen from the government, also the plan was completely opposed for not doing its part and for taking control of the whole government.…
The prosperity of the “Roaring Twenties” had left Americans extremely vulnerable to the economic depression that they would face in the 1930s. On October 29th, 1929 the stock market crashed and in an instant the Great Depression had unleashed it terror on the American workforce. As a result, unemployment rates rose dramatically and by 1932 just under 40% of the nation’s workers(non-farm workers) were without work.(Doc. 8) Along with the unprecedented unemployment levels, bank and business failures mounted, and those in poverty increased significantly. Similar to past presidents, Herbert Hoover maintained the government’s laissez faire attitude when dealing with the economy and strongly believed in “rugged individualism” the idea that the American people could pull the nation out of the depression with ‘hard work’ and ‘self- reliance’. Despite Hoover’s best efforts, the American people had begun to reject this policy and the country’s morale continued to decline. But the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 buoyed the nation’s hopes with his fresh ideas and…
It is a matter of fact how well the American presidents have done their jobs in order to make America one of the most powerful countries. The one who left the biggest mark in my opinion was Theodore Roosevelt. He accomplished things that made America great. He was a man with a great education, who studied at an extremely prestigious university like Harvard. Two of his features that definitely made him unforgettable were his will to change things the best way possible and his charisma that obviously grabbed the attention and the esteem of the American folk.…
President Theodore Roosevelt revolutionized the role of the federal government especially in the areas of labor, trusts, and world affairs during his term as president. Theodore Roosevelt's loyalty was with the American people. By improving the working conditions of everyday Americans, Roosevelt gained the respect of the American people. During the coal strike of 1902, Theodore Roosevelt was faced with an impending disaster of a frigid winter without coal. Instead of calling in troops to end the strike, Theodore Roosevelt invited the bosses of the coal industry and the workers to the White House. The strike was peacefully settled, and workers won a partial victory. Through his strong leadership, President Roosevelt gained recognition from the…
Roosevelt was able to use his meticulous diction that described his empathetic tone to persuade the citizens that he had a logical plan to bring the nation out of the Great Depression. His appeal to pathos, ethos, and logos with use of figurative language helped convince the audience about his agenda. His appeal to pathos could be seen throughout the speech, as he continuously referred to the nation as “our nation,” “our problems,” “our national security,” “our government,” and more. His repetition of the word “our” was used 29 times in his speech, which helped emphasize that even he was part of the problem, that the Americans citizens were not alone, FDR was one of them. This close connection with the audience in addition to his appeal to ethos would help him win their trust. In his speech, he gives credits to many different laws, like the Farm Relief bill, Railroad Bill, and also local governments, like the government in Muscle Shoals. His ability of giving credit to those laws, governments, the congress, and the legislation makes his sound scholarly who has background information on the nation. He also addressed to President Washington and President Teddy Roosevelt, as well as the constitutional government, to demonstrate that his hopes for the future will never die out. He quotes those people to make the citizens realize that the US has been independent and successful for hundreds of years, and a stock market crash will not change that. His use of metaphors for addressing the stock market crash is a way to not show the citizens the past, but what lies for them in the future. He also uses idioms, like “kill one bird with two stones” to refer how the government if show the money crisis issue and unemployment at the same time. This created hopes within the citizens that something good is there for them in the future. Furthermore, FDR does not often appeal to logos because he knows that he is tells statistics, knowing that more than half of his…
Roosevelt was leading a new and better era of living. He was cleaning up the filth of the country. He had backed up the muckrakers who were doing a great…
As Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in the 1932 presidential election, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes) When he said that, he was trying to tell people that all the fear they have is only making things worse. Not only did Roosevelt say those words, he showed those words and encouraged the Americans by giving them hope and relief. Franklin D. Roosevelt was a great hero during the Great Depression and helped the Americans get through it with the New Deal.…
Franklin Roosevelt's presidency was the longest in U.S. History. As a man who's mobility was seized by polio, he was able to encourage many Americans with his famous fireside chats. Roosevelt's presidency went through two very important events in history, the Great Depression and World War II. In the early 1930's, the Great depression has caused banks to collapse, workers to loose their jobs, and families to lose their homes. With Roosevelt's idea of the New Deal, Americans were able to at least partially recover. In fact, Roosevelt did more for the problem than the president before him did. In addition to his help with Great Depression, in 1941 he made two very tough calls for the nation. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese has attacked the…
The only way that the people made it through was by relying and helping eachother out. Evan though The Great Depression was very hard and left terrible memories in the minds of America they still had things to be thankful for. During these hard times The FDR's First Inaugural Address gave the people things to be thankful and things to be happy about. Evan though they were all sharing common difficulties they were thankful that it only concerned…
In his speech Roosevelt stated that “if the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the marketplace” (Roosevelt n.d.). The government should promote justice, equality and stability inspiring much confidence on the part of the American citizens. Roosevelt saw the government as freedom’s ally compared to the previous presidency when the government was freedom’s enemy causing economic inequality. Roosevelt claimed that many government leaders forgot “what the Flag and the Constitution stand for, stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule” (Roosevelt n.d.). The New Deal resulted in a new role for the federal government supporting individuals financially and promoting economic stability in the country. Roosevelt saw economic security as a political condition of personal freedom, as “the New Deal reduced individual liberty for the sake of increasing economic security” (Cohen 171). Thus, the New Deal benefited the country and people living there changing the role of the government in the country’s economy and other…