Saturday, November 3, 2007

Franklin Delano Roosevelt





- Born on 1882 in Hyde Park, New York
- Lived in New York until he was elected President then he lived at the white house until his death.
- Elected president in 1932 at age 40
- He was a Christian by religion.
- Went to school at Harvard University and Colombia Law School.
- Won election to New York Senate in 1910, appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1920, and become governor of New York in 1928.
- 1921 contracted polio at age 39
- Married Eleanor Roosevelt on St. Patrick’s Day in 1905.
- President that brought the country out of the Depression era with his plan called the New Deal.
- President during WW2
- Came up with social security
- Died on April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs Georgia, from a cerebral hemorrhage. Vice president Henry Truman


In Order to be the President a Person Must:
1. Be a natural born citizen. FDR was Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York--now a national historic site.
2. Be at least 35 years of age. He was elected President at the age of 50 in November 1932
3. Have lived in the United States for the past 14 years. FDR was an active member in America politics at the time before his campaign. He lived in America all his life.



The president spends much of the time deciding on new policy. Policies are general plans on how the government will deal with important issues such as pollution, energy, economy, and foreign affairs. Example: The New Deal Policies are general plans on how the government will deal with important issues. For foreign policy advice, Roosevelt turned to Harry Hopkins, who became his chief wartime advisor. They sought innovative ways to help Britain, whose financial resources were exhausted by the end of 1940. Congress, where isolationist sentiment was in retreat, passed the Lend-Lease Act in March 1941, allowing the U.S. to give Britain, Russia, China and others $50 billion of military supplies 1941–45. In sharp contrast to the loans of World War I, there would be no repayment after the war. Roosevelt was a lifelong free trader and anti-imperialist, and ending European colonialism was one of his objectives. Roosevelt forged a close personal relationship with Churchill, who became Prime Minister of the UK in May 1940. President Roosevelt appointed nine Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, more than any other President except George Washington, who appointed eleven. By 1941, eight of the nine Justices were Roosevelt appointees.

The "Big Three" (Roosevelt, Churchill, and Joseph Stalin), together with Chiang Kai-shek cooperated informally in which American and British troops concentrated in the West, Russian troops fought on the Eastern front, and Chinese, British and American troops fought in the Pacific. The Allies formulated strategy in a series of high profile conferences as well as contact through diplomatic and military channels. Roosevelt guaranteed that the U.S. would be the "Arsenal of Democracy" by shipping $50 billion of Lend Lease supplies, primarily to Britain and also to the USSR, China and other Allies.

There are four years to each term of presidency. This standard was set by the first president, George Washington. Franklin Roosevelt was the first person to serve more than two terms. He served four and after his death they decided to put a limit on the number of terms your could run for. The 22nd Amendment sets a limit to just two terms of presidency or ten years.A few of the presidents many jobs include:

The President is Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
He appoints Supreme Court Justices and federal judges.
He appoints foreign ambassadors.
He makes foreign treaties.
He meets with foreign heads of state.
He gives the annual State of the Union Address to Congress.



As a group we think that the 22nd Ammendment should be repealed if the president's doing a good job then why let him stop, there are so many safe guards set up to stop anyone from compeletly taking over we don't have to worry and plus like she said if he's doing a bad job then he's gonna get kicked out sooner or later; he will be either voted agiainst or impeached.