President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was instrumental in his efforts to reshape and rebuild the United States from a troubled state, making his efforts a personal element in American history. First of all, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's background consisted of growing up in the country of New York. He attended private school, following Harvard and Columbia Law School, paving the way for his future civic duty, according to Faragher, 2009. In 1910, Roosevelt served as assistant secretary of the Navy from 1913 to 1920. He was later appointed became Democratic vice president in 1920. The following year, Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio, enduring hardships of personal courage and struggle. In 1928, Roosevelt served two charter terms as mayor of New York. He improved the city by generating unemployment insurance, provided pensions for the elderly, and instilled a system of tax relief for farmers (Faragher, 2009, p.668). In Roosevelt's early years he had the education necessary to become a great leader by undertaking personal pursuits. political challenges and obstacles overcame personal and citizen improvements. Roosevelt's next challenge would be to lead a struggling nation. On March 4, 1933, after Roosevelt's inaugural address to the country, many people were frightened and fled to banks to withdraw money from failing banks. As a result, Roosevelt issued a bank holiday to all of the nation's banks to prevent further financial distress. As a result, Congress focused on passing the Banking Emergency Act. Most banks will become fully operational in a short and significant time. He also asked Congress to work together at an earlier-than-expected date to come to a solution on the… middle of paper… public in order to recover from the Great Depression. Other examples, to name a few, are modernized American rural farmland (Faragher, 2009, p.674) and the ability to manage and recover from an environmental disaster (Faragher, 2009, p.675). Roosevelt, would later lead America into World War II defeating Hitler, the Nazi movement in Europe and the Japanese in the Pacific. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the right solution for America during the Great Depression and during World War II, he was a confident and confident leader who brought inspiration and optimism to many Americans in this era and left a mark for other leaders to follow . Roosevelt died while in office, due to a stroke on April 12, 1945. ReferenceFaragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S. H. (2009). Among the Many: A History of the American People, Volume II (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall