Since the founding of the United States, there have been 46 presidents, and the reason why so many leaders have been produced is not because they are incompetent, but because there is a clear provision in the U.S. presidential election system that no one can serve more than 8 years, that is, two terms.
But in history, there is such a strong man who broke the rules set by the ancestors of the United States and became president for four terms.
And the American people also love him, and have repeatedly named him "the greatest President of the United States", because this man is "disabled", although he can only sit in a wheelchair, but twice saved the dying United States.
So how did he get to the top of American power with a disability? How did he save America twice?
Today, I will talk with you about this "wheelchair giant", the 32nd president of the United States - Franklin Roosevelt
One day in 1887, Roosevelt's father took roosevelt, who was only 5 years old, to the White House to meet with then-U.S. President Cleveland. Cleveland was overwhelmed by the president's tedious work, so at the end of the meeting he smiled and touched Roosevelt's head and told her:
"My little friend, I send you a strange wish, that God will never make you president of the United States."
But he did not expect that this child would not only become the president of the United States in the future, but also be 12 years old.
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On January 30, 1882, Roosevelt was born into an upper-class family in Hyde Park, New York, the father of James Roosevelt I, a 54-year-old foreign and business tycoon, and his mother Sarah Delano was also a wealthy family.
Because they were old and old, they disciplined Roosevelt extremely strictly, from which clothes to wear at school to what friends they called at school. Therefore, although Roosevelt did not worry about eating and wearing, he became a "Barbie doll" in the hands of his parents.
Until the age of 5, Roosevelt could only have a shawl of blond curls, wearing a Scottish short skirt, looking like a cute girl, until the age of 8 Roosevelt returned to a "normal" outfit.
At the age of 14, Roosevelt was sent to groton School, which was famous for producing political talents in the United States, and came and went the children of wealthy Families in American high society. Here Roosevelt shines brightly, whether it is tennis, equestrianism, or golf, sailing he is all hands on, and then he was selected into the "Debate Society" with sharp eloquence.
After graduation, however, Roosevelt was once again manipulated by his parents.
Roosevelt had intended to enter the Annapolis Naval Academy and become a naval officer. Unexpectedly, his idea was strongly opposed by the elder Roosevelt, and he was sent to Harvard University.
During college, the 72-year-old Roosevelt died, leaving Roosevelt with a large legacy. After getting the money, Roosevelt's books were not easy to read, and he traveled to Europe without a problem, looking like a stupid boy who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.
But at this moment, the appearance of a man changed Roosevelt's life, he was Roosevelt's cousin, the current governor of New York, Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore served as the 26th president of the United States and was deeply loved by the people, so he was also entrusted with important tasks after leaving office, and he was quite influential in American politics. Although Roosevelt did not understand why his cousin could have so much power, he was greatly shocked and determined to ascend to the top of power in the United States like his cousin in the future. To this end, he is even willing to do whatever it takes.
Eleanor was Roosevelt's cousin and Theodore's niece, but unfortunately her appearance was so flattering that although she was a famous queen, she did not even have a suitor.
But Roosevelt didn't care about this, he just wanted to climb up, so he resolutely married Eleanor into the family despite his family's opposition.
When the two got married, the wedding scene was crowded, and even the president of the United States at the time was present. But then Roosevelt discovered that most people actually came to see the president, which strengthened his determination to become the president of the United States.
In the eyes of many people, Roosevelt's method is actually not very glorious, but at his age, he has the courage to sacrifice everything to achieve the goal, and indeed has the potential to be a tyrant.
In 1910, the position of the New York State Legislator became vacant, and with the idea of fertile water not flowing to outsiders, he passed this position to Roosevelt and helped Roosevelt knock on the door of American politics.
After taking office, Roosevelt made a big splash and helped Wilson win the 1912 presidential election, after which Wilson also repaid the favor and appointed Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the Navy. Under Roosevelt's reorganization, the U.S. Navy was reborn, and in the first world war that broke out later, Roosevelt also gained a lot of prestige.
But just when he thought he was going to go down like this, a new disaster crept in.
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In 1919, a triumphant Roosevelt intended to run for vice president of the United States. At the same time, he was running around for Wilson's League of Nations program. But Roosevelt was a mortal after all, and did not have so much energy to do both things well at the same time, so he was not surprised to lose to his opponents in the election, and he lost touch with the vice president, so he had to leave the political arena for a while.
Frustrated, Roosevelt took his family to Campobello Island for a vacation, intending to improve his mood, but this time he encountered a forest fire. Roosevelt, who was in a hurry to escape, jumped directly into the sea, but the huge temperature difference caused Roosevelt to suffer from polio inflammation, and from then on, he was paralyzed in the lower body and could only spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
If it is an ordinary person, in the face of such a tragedy as paralysis of the lower body, it may be like a dead heart and a decadent life. But Roosevelt was no ordinary man, the cold waters could not extinguish his ambitions, and the physical disability was not a stumbling block to his continued progress.
In 1928, Roosevelt returned to politics in a wheelchair, when New York State was preparing to elect a new governor, but the Democratic Party was infighting due to partisan divisions, which made Roosevelt, who had just returned and had no position, pick up a bargain and become the new governor of New York.
In 1932, Roosevelt saw that the time was ripe and began to attack the US presidency. At that time, everyone around him felt that Roosevelt could not succeed, and competitors laughed at him: "Do you want to be the president of the United States with a disabled person?" ”
In the face of these doubts, Roosevelt was not shocked, but told them:
"The president is not an acrobat, and he was elected president not because he would roll forward or backward, this position is a mental job, trying to do everything possible to benefit the people."
His words not only shocked his competitors, but also conquered the American people, sending him to the throne of the 32nd President of the United States.
But becoming president of the United States was not the end, but the beginning, for Roosevelt. Because the president of the United States before him was named Hoover, and he left Roosevelt with a century of conundrum — the Great Depression
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After the end of World War I, the self-confidence of the victorious Americans swelled rapidly, "conspicuous consumption" became the mainstream of the United States at that time, and the emergence of installment payments made many people develop the habit of spending in advance, and Hoover also had great confidence in the US economy, bluntly saying:
"We are on the eve of a decisive war on poverty, and the slums will disappear from the United States"
But God must first make it mad if he wants to destroy it, and the overinflated Americans soon swallow the evil consequences they have sown.
The strong purchasing power has made the stock price rise continuously, so that many people have to speculate in the stock market, but with the gradual decline of the national consumption level, the high stock price has become a castle in the air. Finally, on October 24, 1929, the Wall Street stock market suddenly fell into hell, and the seemingly prosperous economic system of the United States collapsed in an instant, and this day was later known as "Black Thursday".
Since then, the United States has entered a 10-year period of great depression, with GDP falling by 30 percent, unemployment exceeding 20 percent, and streets littered with bankrupt banks, closed factories, unemployed workers, and homeless homeless people. Due to the decline in purchasing power, capitalists and farmers had to dispose of "excess" products on the spot. Wheat and corn were used as fuel, milk was poured into the Mississippi River in barrels, and Hoover stepped down.
After that, the Great Depression in the United States quickly swept through the entire capitalist world, directly leading to the rise of right-wing ideas in Europe, America and Latin American countries, and also allowed authoritarians such as Hitler to find the opportunity to rise, indirectly leading to the outbreak of World War II.
When Roosevelt came to power, he was faced with such a mess that could destroy the world.
So what magic did he use to turn the tide of the tide, help the building to fall, and drag the United States out of this "Great Depression hell"?
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After Roosevelt came to power, he carried out drastic reforms, proposing a series of policies aimed at overcoming the Great Depression, which has historically been called "Roosevelt's New Deal".
The core ideas of the New Deal were the "3Rs," namely Recover, Relief, and Reform.
Among them, the revival refers to the "Revival Of Industry Law", which aims to save the collapsed factories, and at the same time greatly increases the wages of workers, from the original 55 hours a week to get 60 cents, to 40 hours a week to get 12 US dollars, greatly alleviating the tense class contradictions.
Relief, on the other hand, is the unified allocation of relief supplies through the establishment of the Federal Emergency Relief Agency. At the same time, the strategy of "work for relief" has been proposed, so that the unemployed can regain their jobs and dignity.
The final reform has two main parts, one is the Emergency Banking Act, which uses the power of the state to rectify the financial industry and restore people's confidence in the bank. The second is the "Agricultural Adjustment Law", which provides subsidies to farmers who have reduced or even lost their production, and raises the price of agricultural products on the market.
Soon, Roosevelt's New Deal began to bear fruit, the United States economic indicators have been steadily recovered, in 1933 the United States gross domestic product was only 74.2 billion US dollars, in 1939 it directly soared to 204.9 billion US dollars, the number of unemployed people is directly cut, from 17 million to 8 million, in one fell swoop to sweep away the haze hanging over the United States.
The success of the New Deal also made Roosevelt a "savior" in the eyes of Americans, during which he completed a re-election and should have retired. But the outbreak of World War II gave Roosevelt a second chance to save the United States.
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On September 1, 1939, the Second World War broke out, and wars were raging around the world, and in this moment of life and death, the United States also understood that changing the commander was a taboo for soldiers, and Roosevelt won a second re-election.
In fact, at that time, the United States pursued isolationism, and the so-called isolationism was to put it bluntly, each family swept the snow in front of the door, and no matter how others frosted on the tiles. Thus the United States played the role of an arms dealer in the early days of World War II, not only providing weapons and equipment to the Allies, but also transporting guns and ammunition to the Nazis.
But Roosevelt soon realized that the Nazis could not be allowed to expand in this way, otherwise the United States would face a behemoth in the future. So under Roosevelt's command, the big American ship began to turn its bow and aim its blade at fascism.
During this period, Roosevelt provided assistance to China several times, giving China $25 million and $45 million in loans in 1938 and 1940, respectively, because he knew very well that Japan alone could not defeat China, and Roosevelt said in a meeting with the ambassador to the United States, Yoshizaburo Nomura:
"China, which has a culture of thousands of years, is impossible for Japan to rule."
On December 7, 1941, the pearl harbor incident broke out, the United States officially entered World War II, the United States entered the war so that the Allied forces rapidly expanded, but also gave Roosevelt a reason to continue to serve as president.
In 1944, at the age of 62, Roosevelt began his fourth campaign and won again amid accusations and ridicule from his opponents.
After the end of World War II, the United States became the biggest winner and established itself as the world's hegemon. Unfortunately, Roosevelt did not see all this, because as early as April 12, 1945, the great president who had "ascended" the United States twice died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.
Throughout Roosevelt's life, although there were some tricks in his path to power, he twice saved the United States from the depths of the sea, and also made the United States leap to the top of the world, and this merit cannot be erased by anyone.
And even though he encountered so many setbacks, although he could only sit in a wheelchair, he still climbed to the peak of American power, eliminated the effects of the Great Depression, and defeated the invincible Hitler, and this spirit may be worth learning from each of us.
To this day, Roosevelt remains the longest-serving president and has been named the best president of the United States many times. So in your opinion, roosevelt was a president who deserved to be praised for him?
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