Sunday, December 9, 2007

Chapter 23-5: Critical Thinking # 4

How successful do you think Franklin Roosevelt was as a president? Support your answer with details from the text.

Franklin Roosevelt, as a president, was quit successful. In favor of the environment, President Roosevelt was "highly committed to conservation and promoted policies designed to protect the nation's natural resources (pg. 725). His commitments to the environment showed how he wasn't just in it for the power, but he cared for the social and environmental effects. FDR must have been pretty successful also because each election he had high ratings and was popular among the working-class Americans. Even today some of his reforms under the New Deal continue to direct American politics and society. He supported the people of the country and made an effort to rebuild everything that they all once had. Even though President Roosevelt gave more power to the federal government, it was needed to shape the economy. FDR also was a successful president because he made many acts that benefited the country and helped rebuild their finances and economy.

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