Imagine you are in a time and place you don't want to be. The year is 1933 and America is going through a crisis that you must solve. You are elected president and it is time to resolve this great tragedy. It is a beautiful story that changed America and its citizens. This is the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. On January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. Sara Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt's mother decided to give him her maiden name as her middle name. In Franklin D. Roosevelt's younger years, his mother chose all the clothes he would wear. Which led him to wear a dress until the age of five. FDR's education and study habits were held to high standards. His mother did her best to encourage him to practice democratically. He studied at Columbia University Law School, Groton Preparatory School and Harvard University. After leaving Harvard, he entered law school. He did not graduate, but entered the New York law firm of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn. In 1933, FDR was elected president of the United States. What is unique about Roosevelt is that he was the only president to be elected three times. He ran against Herbert Hoover who was elected the 31st president 4 years before FDR's term and was running again for a second term. During FDR's presidency, he led the country through World War II and the Great Depression. When FDR was elected, he knew what this country was going through, he knew what he had to face, and then he prepared for what he had to do. This inspired him to create the New Deal. This program that he created helped this country escape most of its poverty. This program is what he is most famous for and why he has been elected 4 times! During World War II, FDR created The Lend Lease p...... middle of paper ...... ident Truman was unaware of it until he was elected president. was so secret that Vice President Truman did not know about it until he was elected president. The United States still fears that other countries will use atomic bombs for mass destruction. They had to keep this bomb secret so other countries wouldn't think they were trying to destroy it. If they found out, it would trigger an atomic war. Provoking a second war that the United States neither needed nor wanted. This project was actually so dangerous that the explosion would be catastrophic. Destroy so much land. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an inspiration. He was what everyone wanted to be. Sure, he had his ups and downs in his career, but he was a great leader. it was the beginning of everything great that this country has. This is the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.