You are then to write a description of your presidency as becoming either Theodore Roosevelt OR Franklin Roosevelt.
This discussion assignment focuses on Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt as presidents. You are to read Chapters 10 and 11 in the text, read the lectures on Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and watch the videos on these presidents.
You are then to write a description of your presidency as becoming either Theodore Roosevelt OR Franklin Roosevelt. You are going to show how Theodore Roosevelt created the modern office of the presidency through his domestic and foreign policy and Franklin Roosevelt created our modern system of government through his New Deal programs of relief, recovery and reform.
Finally you are going to tell which of these two presidents would be rated higher in your opinion and why. And agree or disagree with TWO students with their opinions here. Good luck on this fifth discussion assignment
The text book : https://filebin.net/hhv5id8wldhi95k5 download the file and open icon ( startup.htm ) the text book will open and you can read chapter 10 and 11
I already upload the lectures here !
The videos :
1st video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBpfih7w4B8&feature=youtu.be
2nd video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_lc4th0w7I&feature=emb_title
3rd video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLOhByiwdfE&feature=emb_title
4th video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leEzIA6B_hc&feature=emb_title
You are going to read the lecture and text on especially on these two presidents and watch the videos on these two presidents. On Monday March 9th you have a discussion assignment on ONE only of these presidents. With Teddy Roosevelt you need to show how he created the office of the modern presidency with his Square Deal politics and his foreign policy. With Franklin Roosevelt you need to show how he created the New Deal with his policies of relief,recovery and reform and with examples of these programs. You will rate one of these higher than the other and comment on two other student choices. I would highly recommend talking about Franklin Roosevelt because the new deal is easy. Thank you!
1st student to reply :
Johni Alkes
I am Franklin Delano Roosevelt, people referred me as FDR. Growing up in New York, I am pretty satisfied my wealthy life until I was crippled by the polio disease. To my surprise, the polio disease I got changed my attitudes to life and raised my sympathy for the common people. As the cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, I was viewed as the raising star in polities. Even though I had to stay on a wheel chair, I never lost my sense of humor. By the way, I am also an amazing speaker. In the year 1932, I was selected as the 32rd president of United States. When I took over the office at that time, I was forced to solve a series of problems caused by the Great Depression.
In 1932, I proposed New Deal that consists of recovery, reform, and relief to solve the problems brought by the Great Depression. To begin with, I signed Tennessee Valley Authority Act on May 18, 1933. Tennessee Valley was severely affected by the Great Depression. As a response, I proposed that the government should help them to provide flood control, electricity generation, navigation, and economic development there. During that time, Tennessee Valley faced a lot of problems such as eroded lands, devastating floods, and a deficient economy. It turns out that the Act really saved that region, especially came from the electricity generated by the dam we built. It successfully made the farmers lives more convenient and farming easier. In addition, the electricity stimulated the development of various industries, and increased job offers. In 1933, the Congress enacted the National Industrial Recovery Act. It is an act to encourage the national industrial recovery from the Great Depression, to foster fair competition among competitors, and provide the construction for the general public. When it first established, NRA protected collective bargaining rights for union. However, it was declared unconstitutional by U.S. Supreme Court in 1934. It also considered being a complete failure by some people because they believe it promoted economically harmful monopolies. Because of the Great Depression, millions of people lost their jobs and it is desperate for me to fix the system to provide more job opportunities. As response, I proposed a lot of job problems such as the Works Progress Act. The famous “Federal One” was part of the WPA. It consists of five different divisions: the Federal Art Project, the Federal Music Project, the Federal Theatre Project, the Federal Writers Project and the Historical Records Survey. Within one year, we already employed more than 40,000 artists and cultural works throughout the United States. Federal One different from other government efforts, the leaders of WPA tried to break new ground with the federal government’s support. The works and arts developed under this project served the public goals. Enough about the little stories about the Project One, now let’s go back to the great and ambitious WPA. It is believed to provide paid jobs to three million unemployed men, women, and youth. We usually cooperated with the state and local government, where they usually provide 10-30% of the total costs. To be honest, the local sponsors were very willing to provide and, trucks, and supplies. WPA holds responsibility for the salaries paid for supervisors and wages paid to the people. We built the infrastructure for the communities like roads, bridges, schools, courthouses, hospitals, waterworks, and post-offices. To demonstrate, the Griffith Observatory and Timberline Lodge were built under the WPA. Some of my programs terminated since the World War Two started, some of my programs successfully became component of the permanent government system permanently like the Social Security system. Before the Great Depression, family, local, and state government assumed the responsibility to take care the elderly in the home, federal government doesn’t play a role with the elderly. The Great Depression strengthened the problems for the elderly. As a response, I asked the Congress to setup an insurance system for these people. The program does not only support the old people, it also provided support to help elderly, dependent and crippled children, blind persons, the unemployed people, public health program, and even some vocational training.
In my opinion, there is no doubt that Franklin Delano Roosevelt should have a higher rating. In the US modern history, he made significant changes to the government system and mechanism. During his presidency, he started minority programs, broke the tradition to use radio, put female in the cabinet. Among all of his achievement, the most outstanding one is guide the United Stated made it through the Great Depression by New Deal: Relief, Reform, and Recovery. He signed a number of acts and legislations to reduce the negative effects brought by the Great Depression. He changed the government’s system and many of his deal were still in use such as the Social Security Act.
2nd student to reply :
Sarah Ismael
Franklin D. Roosevelt, respected in modern America, was the 32nd President of the United States for 12 years from 1933 to 1945. At present, the President has a constitution of up to eight years, but he continued to be President for 4,422 days due to emergencies such as the Great Depression and World War II. Franklin Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, in northern New York. His father was a very wealthy family because he served as a lawyer and vice president of a railway company. 26th President of the United States of America. With his strong personality and leadership, who supported the country’s development, how did he face the modern American problems? The show features the life of Theodore Roosevelt, a politician, military and naturalist, inspired by gun disputes, the fight against terrorism, political dysfunction, and the environment. Until the problem, I will examine a number of the challenges facing the United States right now
Roosevelt’s ancestry, which had roots in the Netherlands and Jews in the 1700s, is largely divided between political parties and Republicans for political reasons. At the time, the Democratic Party was Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President. (Franklin Roosevelt is a Democrat.) Despite political differences, Theodore Roosevelt was a distant cousin. “Roosevelt hoped this would help repair the relationship between the two Americans from the past policies that were created by previous presidents.”( Linda& Baydo,2017)
Franklin Roosevelt was a wealthy student, studying at a young age with a tutor, and living a distant life from the general public. He enrolled at Harvard University in 1904 and a law school at Columbia University in 1908. That same year he started working at Wall Street Law Offices in New York. He was elected vice presidential candidate by the Democratic Party in the 1920 presidential election, but decided to retire from politics in the form of a severe loss to Warren Harding. However, after resuming lawyer work in New York, he was elected Governor of New York and returned to politics. In the 1932 presidential election, he was elected in recognition of his achievements in the governor’s reforms.
Burning debt had a major impact on the US economy, which was recovering from the Great Depression, so Franklin Roosevelt had to make a choice. In his 1940 presidential election, which took his third term, he expressed his willingness to regard Germany, Italy and Italy as enemies of democracy and human rights and fight if necessary. As a result, the people supported Franklin Roosevelt and were re-elected.
In March 1941, the law was amended to lift arms exports to the United Kingdom. In August, a meeting was held with the British Prime Minister Churchill on the Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Charter), and in effect the United States joined the British war. However, the Atlantic Charter with the United Kingdom alone was not enough to allow the United States to enter a “substantial” war.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States, killing a large number of US troops and civilians. For Franklin Roosevelt, the attack on Pearl Harbor became a catalyst for public sentiment and a cause for participation, and the United States effectively entered World War II.
Franklin Roosevelt won by a historic gap, but there were major challenges that the United States had never faced in the past, such as the restoration of the US economy and World War II, which did not escape from the Great Depression. “However, Roosevelt put America first and made sure our country was sound before he even got into any treaties for economic assistance, or stabilization of the other countries’ currencies”. ( Linda& Baydo,2017) Franklin Roosevelt’s enmity was overlooked in part, but the radio slogan, “Don’t forget Pearl Harbor!” Was. Speaking to the public via radio was called “fireside chats” and was used during the war.
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