v Accomplishments: Franklin Delano Roosevelt was faced with the Great Depression and World War II. He guided America through the greatest foreign crisis and its greatest domestic crisis (with the exception of the Civil War). It was Roosevelt’s deep compassion for the troubles of Americans that connected him to the general population and allowed him to redefine the American presidency with various political, administrative and constitutional powers. · In 1922: FDR became governor of New York. …showed first 75 words of 491 total…

…showed last 75 words of 491 total…people voted for him: · Roosevelt gained quick recognition by his leadership in upstate New York · He gained administrative experience under Josephus Daniels; he made a reputation as a loyalist and an advocate of navy interests. · The Roosevelt name and the progressive image won him the party’s Vice Presidential nomination in 1920. · When running for presidency, he chartered a Ford airplane and flew to Chicago and there he pledged to the American people a New Deal.