Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt's political career
Roosevelt first entered politics as a state senator for New York in 1910. He was elected for a second term but declined it so that he could accept the position of Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Navy in 1913. In July 1920 he resigned from that job and decided to run for Vice President. But he didn't get into office, and in 1921 he got polio in Canada, which paralyzed him from the waist down. Even though many people told him he would never walk again, he tried lots of different types of therapy including hydrotherapy. Franklin later on purchased a resort in Warm Spring, Georgia where he began a hydrotherapy center. Mr. Roosevelt was very careful to not be seen in public with his wheelchair. When he gave speeches, if he was standing, he would be supported by one of his sons or an aide. During the first 500 days of him being in office, Franklin had launched a "New Deal" that would help more people get more jobs and to help recover the economy. When Franklin declared war on Japan, that made a lot of government jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 2%. FDR was an excellent leader because he got the U.S.A. throught one of the biggest challenges of American history, the great depression.
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