Why Is Franklin D Roosevelt Considered The Greatest Presidents

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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Road to the Presidency 6/10/10 Third hour Franklin Delano Roosevelt was responsible for the largest drop in the U.S. unemployment rate ever going from twenty-three percent in 1932, the year Roosevelt took office, to one percent in 1944, the year he died. This statistic illustrates the effects and the importance Roosevelt was to America. Roosevelt would have a long road to the presidency starting from his birth until his inauguration at the age of fifty-one. Childhood and Young Adult Life Franklin Roosevelt had an interesting lifestyle during his childhood. His childhood was extremely privileged, and Roosevelt was given opportunities many people did not have during their childhoods. As a child Roosevelt was educated at home by private tutors and also entered Groton, a private school, in 1896 (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 2003). In addition, Roosevelt had the privilege of having an extremely successful fifth cousin, soon to be president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. While Franklin Roosevelt was at Groton Theodore Roosevelt talked to Franklin about Franklin’s future (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 2003). As a result, Roosevelt’s lifestyle as a child was one of immense opportunities, and his lifestyle surely impacted his childhood and future. An instrumental part of Franklin Delano…show more content…
Roosevelt’s life and rise to the presidency were two extremely vital factors that impacted the development of America. Franklin D. Roosevelt has in present time been the base of what Americans call a “good president”. When Barack Obama was elected forty-forth preident of the United States many attempted to compare him to Roosevelt to see how he would measure up. Roosevelt’s life and political career are tremendously interesting and are essential to America’s survival through the Great Depression, and to the development of America as a modern world

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