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This 4 page paper discusses FDR's first 100 days in office and why they were so important, as well as some of the opposition he faced and why. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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of turmoil and panic, and enacted legislation that literally changed the course of history. This paper discusses his first 100 days in office and why they were so important, as
well as some of the opposition he faced and why. Discussion It has become commonplace today to "grade" a president on his first 100 days, which is unfair to him
and to the country, and a little silly. While it may be possible to get some idea of what a president might be like from these first few weeks, its
equally possible that the as the term progresses, it will not resemble the first days at all. But Roosevelts presidency progressed, it seems to have been fairly uniform throughout: that
is, he continued as he began, a forceful leader with a firm idea of where he wanted to take the country. The term "the first 100 days" comes in fact
from FDRs administration, because he got so much done in that time that it became a sort of "benchmark" for others to reach. Before that the phrase was unknown. Its
a testament to FDR that his first weeks in office were so monumental that they were memorialized in this way. FDR believed his first days were crucial because he
was coming to power in the middle of a "devastating national economic crisis" (Leubsdorf). Americans had suffered through the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and were now deep in the
Depression, an incredible period in American history. At its height, fully one-third of the work force was out of a job. The country was panicked, fearful and didnt know what
to do or where to turn. FDR knew that he had to show decisive leadership from the moment he took office, or he would disappoint all those who had voted
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