Franklin D Roosevelt: Succeeding Without Failure

Franklin D. Roosevelt was a great president to ever reside in the White House and has many qualities that made him a hero. While staying optimistic, Franklin Roosevelt helped people regain faith in themselves. He never gave up, and he was very passionate about what he believed in. “He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action…” (The Presidential biographies.) Leading the U.S. through the ending of the Great Depression and World War II must have been a difficult task. Former president Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States for about four presidential terms helps to prove that he was a man that people appreciated and trusted for his courage in office.

Roosevelt created a program of relief, recover, and reform the economic problems created by the Depression of the 1930s, was referred to as the New Deal. The depression was caused by several serious weaknesses in the economy. For one it all began on Black Thursday when the market crashed. The stock market crashed “At the height of the Depression in 1933, nearly 25% of the Nation's total work force, 12,830,000 people, were unemployed.” (Sahoboss.) Entering office in 1932 Roosevelt immediately embarked on a plan to get his country out of the Great Depression. The way he acted towards the issue is how every president should fix every issue, he immediately attempted to resolve the issue by gaining jobs for those who were unemployed. “Stock were quickly sold by panicking investors who had lost faith in the American economy.” (Sahoboss.) Families had no income while others made extreme amounts of money because so many people were unemployed leading those who were to earn extreme amounts of money. “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Address.) A president that understood that several were suffering without food or shelter while others lived lavishly attempted to change income for everyone. People gained his trust and allowed him to better their lives. It only takes one saying for people to immediately judge a person before they act. Roosevelt could have devastated the country even more, but he didn’t; Roosevelt acted in a formal manner to help those in need. He saved the lives of others when he followed through with his plan that he mentioned in his first inaugural address. The crisis of the Great Depression ended, and a different crisis arose. Issue after issue occurred, wars are never ending but it is up the president to protect the people of the U.S. through good and bad.

World War II was a war casted for the four freedoms people have because of those who served to protect, “Roosevelt cast the war as a fight for four universal human freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.” (FDR and World War II.) The war allowed the people of the U.S. to be free from being under the control of other foreign governments. The government of the U.S. allows people to have several privileges that were earned because of our troops. “FDR confronted Germany and Japan only tentatively as those powers looked to establish dominance in Europe and Asia, respectively.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life in Brief.) Roosevelt took issues to the leaders of other countries in a respectful manner to try and avoid altercations. Although the leader of Japan decided to bomb Pearl Harbor starting war Roosevelt kept his country calm and safe. Roosevelt tried to maintain peace with few countries, he did not have the sole power to take over the decision’s others make. Rulers decided for their countries and someone can only try to stop tragedies from happening, but the decisions are in the hands of others. Roosevelt worked with military advisors to protect everyone. He did not leave military officials to come up with a plan themselves, but he included himself in the plan. Franklin D. Roosevelt decided not to take actions into his own hands but to agree upon something with everyone. The actions a leader has helped communication work in a great manner that helps the people. The U.S. won World War II against the Nazi’s with the support of the president and the people. Communication is the key to maintain peace.

Faced with the Great Depression followed by World War II, two of the most awful events that happened in U.S. history. Our former president was extremely attentive to the public opinion, in fact, he delayed America’s entry into the war until he received the public’s support. He used countries like Britain and France as proxies until America could enter the war. Roosevelt nurtured American opinion, and he deepened America's involvement in the war. The similarity that he showed compare to other presidents was immense personal courage. Franklin D. Roosevelt held American democracy together during the Depression on his own. He led the allies to victory over the dictators, he left his vice-president with little to no work after he passed. That’s how well he managed his country. Franklin D. Roosevelt was a man who besides his intelligence, charm and strong confidence, he was able to sustain the nation through the crisis known as the Great Depression as well as World War II.

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