The Democrat and the Dictator

Roosevelt 's going to embrace what he likes to call a square deal for the American people the square deal is going to embrace the three C 's Roosevelt 's going to want to control the corporations or have control of the corporations for his actions. Roosevelt 's going to be seen as a trust buster, this will be one of the first times that the government is going to use the Sherman Antitrust to effectively break up a monopoly. Roosevelt utilized the legislature as a vehicle to assist the general population intrigue, he saw the administration as a Bully pulpit to lecture thoughts to the general population and get the American individuals on his side. He was exceptionally occupied with both local and outside approach and he sets the political plan for the entire nation. His political program the square arrangement, intended to recognize great organizations that gave valuable items and administrations at reasonable costs from detestable partnerships that existed just to profit. Roosevelt was also a

After Germany’s humiliating defeat in World War I, Germans had little faith in their government, and in the early 1930s following the stock market crash in New York, Germany was economically struggling . Millions of people were out of work due to the world wide catastrophe making it an opportune time for Hitler and the Nazis to rise into power. Hitler, who was a powerful and spellbinding speaker, attracted Germans desperate for change. He promised to make Germany a better country and promised the disenchanted, a better life. Nazis appealed especially to the youth, unemployed, and members of the lower to middle class. Hitler’s rise to power seemed instantaneous. Before the economic depression, Nazis were virtually unknown, winning less than 3 percent of the vote to the Reichstag, which was the German Parliament. However, in the 1924 elections, the Nazis won a whopping 33 percent of the votes which was more than any other party. In January of 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the head of German Government . The Germans were convinced that they had found a savior for the Nation. The timing of his rise made it very easy for Hitler to gain power in a democratic government because people were hopeless and wanted a fast solution to the deficit. He promised things like a stronger economy, prosperity, and anything that they desired . He focused on first getting noticed and then grew from there. He didn’t say anything but what the people wanted to hear. Getting the people of Germany to trust him was how he started to gain so much control. Unfortunately, Hitler’s charm and persuasion was not the sole reason why Hitler gained so much power in a democratic

This quote shows some of the ideas that Roosevelt used during his run for president. They improved America substantially because these reforms were able to change America’s social and political conditions. Roosevelt was very passionate in trying to become president. While Wolraich may describe Roosevelt as unreasonable, he recognizes his passion and his progress that he made in reforming

Imagine being in charge of a nation that has so little money families are splitting up in search of work and many are losing their jobs and becoming homeless. This was the situation President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was facing at the beginning of the 1930s. He and his administration had to come up with a plan to end the depression and rebuild the economy before the fragile country crumbled even more. While some of their responses to the American Great Depression were more effective than others, they all impacted the nation in a positive way and changed the role of the federal government for the better.

He thinks Roosevelt did not help to restore American economy, rather, he changes it to what the economic system was like in Europe before WWI, in which government controlled everything (business, taxes, and borrow money from citizens to invest). He believed Roosevelt did not create a new economy, he simply just substituted with an old one which was a threat to American traditional (private system) economy. He also thinks the New Deal made the country in huge debt ($19 billion before Roosevelt, $250 billion after Roosevelt, and government budget of $40 billion instead of $4 billion before Roosevelt). He used examples like the doubled-prices-inflation and how it reduced the lower-paid employed workers to a state of poverty as bad as that of the unemployed in the depression to show how the New Deal is hurting the economy. He also talked about how more people are on various kinds of government relief than when the country had 11 million unemployed, and how bureaucrats are in every field of life. With all that, he argued, the President and his policies is still calling for more power, more price-fixing, more regulation, and more billions. Same thing with the political, he thinks Roosevelt did not restore the political system to its full strength, he changed it instead. He uses examples like how he is trying to break down the power of Congress and put it all in his own hand. In conclusion,

Roosevelt. This World War One navy veteran saw the troubles that the United States was going through, (document 5) and promised a ‘New Deal’. During his run in office, he had three goals: Relief for the unemployed, repair the economy, and reforms to prevent another depression (the three R’s). The first thing Roosevelt did was fix the banking system. He knew that without stable banks, money would not be able to start flowing in the economy anymore. He ordered and ‘Bank Holiday’ and went through to all the banks making sure they were financially stable, and shut down the ones that were not. The nation soon had faith in Roosevelt and quickly saw brighter days ahead. Roosevelt provided relief for the unemployed through the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Works Progress Administration. Both hired unemployed civilians to work building parks, playgrounds, hospitals, schools, etc. Roosevelt also provided recovery to the industry and farmers. He passed acts such as the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He paid farmers to start planting a variety of crop instead of competing in prices for the same product. He also provided long-term reforms and has so far prevented another depression through acts such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Social Security

FDR does not beat around the bush when it comes to what has been happening in America for the past three years. In the second paragraph of his speech he states “Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment” (Inaugural Address). He does this so that the audience sees his realization of the issue facing America and that he will not stand to watch it continue. The audience he is addressing are the American people affected by the depression that want change to happen. The first step in fixing something is recognizing that there is a problem which Roosevelt does and does well. He states the goal of his presidency being “Our greatest primary task is to put people to work”(Inaugural Address). Not only does he state his goals he has actual evidence of how he plans to complete them. “It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we should treat the emergency of a war but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resources.” Him backing up this claim with reason helps the audience gain some trust within him seeing that he has a plan. He continues doing this throughout his speech making his speech more

He started his audience with a statement about fear. His statement was, “…let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” He then hints that all other times the United States had been in “trouble” in their national life that a leadership has come up and been supported by the people. Then, Roosevelt went on to say that this support was essential to victory and that he hoped he could also get that support. He noticed many people needed to put to work and even proposed the idea that the Government directly recruit people (like in time of war) and that through the employment the country would also accomplish projects to reutilize the natural resources. Then, in hopes to keep from getting “in the same boat” or in trouble again he thought they needed to implement two safeguards for strict supervision of all banking and credits and

The traditional view of Franklin D. Roosevelt is that he motivated and helped the United States during the “Great Depression” and was a great president, however, as time has passed, economist historians have begun analyzing Roosevelt’s presidency. Many have concluded that he did not help America during the Great Depression but instead amplified and prolonged the depression. Jim Powell wrote about FDR economic policies and did an excellent job explaining Roosevelt’s incompetent initiatives. Roosevelt did not know anything about economics and his advisors made everything worse by admiring the Soviet Union.

There was need of new policies and things that would bring the country to stable economy. After there was a huge decrease in the stock market, there had been a time where millions of people were without jobs and fully depended on the government and also there was many bank failures and homelessness. In such a tough time Roosevelt stood his ground and helped the nation by taking the emergency measures at an instant. Despite working so hard the New Deal was often criticized as unprincipled and inconsistent. The New Deal was considered elitist as it had missed to consult the poor people about the legislation they wanted. As Roosevelt tried to save the large-scale corporate capitalism the other historian summed it up that the New Deal was an absolute failure and couldn’t solve the problem of depression, it couldn’t redistribute the income or extend equality or decrease the racial discrimination and segregation. Roosevelt took help from the university professors and experts as advisers who gave him ideas and helped him with the speeches. Roosevelt transferred the authority of the stock exchange from Wall Street to the Washington and the regulatory powers were increased of the Securities and Exchange

President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried the solve the problems if fear, chaos, hysteria, and decline of the American economy that came with the Great Depression. Roosevelt used relief, reform, and recovery to help the people. His plan was the “New Deal” which is seen as controversial. Although Roosevelt worked hard to improve the lives of American, there were still negative interactions between the different races and classes of the time.

Throughout his speech, Roosevelt states that economic instability caused by the Great Depression has led to a need for societal and economic reforms in the United States. This speech reflects Franklin D. Roosevelt’s political platform in the presidential election, which was based on the concept of the New Deal. He believed in using the government as a way to create liberal reforms and regulate the economic system in order to help the common people. Even today, Roosevelt’s speech is still upheld and read around the world as one of the greatest speeches made by a president in the 20th

The rise and subsequent take-over of power in Germany by Hitler and the Nazi Party in the early 1930s was the culmination and continuation not of Enlightenment thought from the 18th and 19th century but the logical conclusion of unstable and cultural conditions that pre-existed in Germany. Hitler’s Nazi Party’s clear manipulation of the weak state of the Weimar Republic through its continued failure economically and socially, plus its undermining of popular support through the signing the Treaty of Versailles all lead to the creation of a Nazi dictatorship under the cult of personality of Hitler. This clear take-over of power and subsequent destruction of any

With incompetent leadership and an unhappy nation, the German people began to realize that their country was in a vulnerable situation and began to look for stable alternatives to democracy. Hitler’s

After the Depression Hoover had some strategies he used to try and fix the economy, but they did not play out as smoothly as he would have liked them too. Roosevelt 's approach to fix the economy was more uplifting to the people in almost every aspect. Even their campaign songs, Roosevelt’s was about Happy Days coming again, and Hoover’s was about the depression. Roosevelt proposed a “New Deal” to the people and manny clung to it. His deal was that he was going to start experimenting with government roles. WHat he means by this is that he promises to increase government help and use the power of the government to address the people’s issues. Although, he did not explain how he was going to fix things such as unemployment and and improving the stock market in