Franklin D Roosevelt Dbq

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Franklin d Roosevelt’s presidency was a rough first term with the great depression hitting America. Causing more than half the population in the United States to lose their jobs and cause the nation’s financial structure to fall dramatically. But during the great depression Franklin D Roosevelt tried to keep out of war, and created the new deal to help the poverty crisis in the United States as stated in Howard, Walter T. “the great depression in the 1930’s book labor history vol 36 NO.1 winter pg. 126-127. “During the great depression the United States tried to keep out of the war”. “When Franklin D Roosevelt created the new deal by doing this he paved the path to get out of the great depression”. Franklin d Roosevelt …show more content…

By joining world war two the allied powers were able to defeat the axis powers and free the Jews from persecution of the Nazis and the United States and the allies were able to contain dictatorship from spreading. Franklin d Roosevelt was also able to get congress to sign the declaration of war against japan due to the significant effects of Franklin D Roosevelt’s declaration of war speech. Franklin D Roosevelt displayed boldness and the clarity of mind during world war two that a leader should possess. As stated by Robert, Randy. “No End save victory: How Franklin d Roosevelt led the nation to war, History, vol 79, and NO.1 pg. 127- 178. “ Franklin D Roosevelt displayed the boldness and the clarity of mind to make sure that when the United States entered the war, it would be in the position and the forces and supplies to win the war.” By entering world war two Franklin D Roosevelt not only stopped persecution of the Jewish but by also desegregating the military. By doing this not only did Franklin D Roosevelt had opened the door to stop segregation in the United States of America. Also an importance that Franklin D Roosevelt did after world war two was creating the league of nation which included every major nation in the world. By creating the …show more content…

Franklin D Roosevelt was able to do this by using rhetorical analysis strategies. For example he used ethos show how it is ethical to strike back at japan for what they did at Pearl Harbor, also was able to use pathos his declaration of war speech to show compassion towards the people the people who lost their lives and the family members who lost their family. He was also able to use repetition to emphasis the damage japan had caused to the United States and its allies during that night, and that we were not the only ones who were attacked and who had lost lives. By using these rhetorical analysis Franklin D Roosevelt was able to accomplish his goal for his speech by reaching out to the people of America and showing compassion in his speech. By doing this he persuaded congress to sign the decoration of war and to persuade the American people to want to go to war. The importance of this speech was one of the most speeches in American history for the reason being if he did not write this speech we would not have gone to war, we would have stayed in the great depression for longer and the axis powers might have won World War

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