Roosevelt seated at his desk was the last color image of him before the announcement of his death. The National Constitution Center notes that his decision to run for a third term resulted in key Democratic supporters and advisors leaving his campaign. They argued he was taking America down the road of socialism. He wanted to see us through the two greatest catastrophes of the 20th century and he succeeded. In , according to the National Constitution Center, term-limit talk again came into focus.
Republicans were at the forefront of the movement, though many Democrats agreed with the eight-year precedent set by Washington to guard against tyrannical rule. Roosevelt won his fourth term when he defeated Dewey with 54 percent of the popular vote, taking the Electoral College to He died April 12, , 11 weeks into his term, and the call for a constitutional term-limit amendment was answered two years later, with a two-thirds majority voting in favor of the 22nd Amendment.
By implementing a variety of innovative policies, FDR was able to pull the United States away from the brink of economic, social, and perhaps even political, disaster—and lay the foundation for future stability and prosperity.
Under FDR, the American federal government assumed new and powerful roles in the nation's economy, in its corporate life, and in the health, welfare, and well-being of its citizens. The federal government in guaranteed unions the right to organize and bargain collectively, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of established a mechanism for putting a floor under wages and a ceiling on hours that continues to this day.
It provided, in , financial aid to the aged, infirm, and unemployed when they could no longer provide for themselves. Beginning in , it helped rural and agricultural America with price supports and development programs when these sectors could barely survive. Finally, by embracing an activist fiscal policy after , the government assumed responsibility for smoothing out the rough spots in the American economy.
Writ large, the New Deal sought to insure that the economic, social, and political benefits of American capitalism were distributed more equally among America's large and diverse populace. The New Deal did this to a remarkable degree. By , the percentage of Americans without jobs remained in double digits and the American people lacked the purchasing power to jump start the economy. If capitalism was still sick in , democracy was also suffering from various maladies.
African Americans and women, despite a number of benefits accrued from the New Deal, still received far fewer of those benefits than white males and, partly as a result, remained at the bottom of the American economic ladder. The New Deal, moreover, did nothing to ensure that rights guaranteed to all Americans via the Constitution, such as the right to vote and the right to a fair trial, were guaranteed to blacks. If FDR was elected in to fight the Depression, he was largely re-elected in because Americans believed he could guide the nation through a period of treacherous international relations.
FDR correctly understood that Japan and Germany threatened the United States, which in turn endangered the cherished freedoms Americans enjoyed at home. The 22nd Amendment was passed in , and ratified in Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Campaign button: Image of Roosevelt F.
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