Monster Essays - Franklin Roosevelt 3
Franklin Roosevelt
Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression,
Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people
regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous
action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the
only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York--now a national historic site--he attended
Harvard University and Columbia Law
School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt.
Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, ....
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