Summarized Folsom asks, “Is the great FDR legacy a legend or myth?” The second chapter tells about FDR’s rise to power. It really helps the reader understand why there were flaws in the New Deal legislation. Roosevelt attend a prep school by the name Groton and Harvard University. “He struggled at both and had many disappointments (Folsom 2008).” Many of FDR’s classmates said he wasn’t very good in business at all. This statement is very ironic since he is the president who changed the way the US government interacts with businesses forever. Another topic touched in this chapter, is that FDR had been raised to become a political leader. He had shown more interest in politics than all of his other studies at Harvard. After he became the governor of New York, he used this as a stepping stone on his pathway to president. When FDR started announcing his New Deal plans, many of his past college colleges could have predicted the amount of wasted money and
Summarized Folsom asks, “Is the great FDR legacy a legend or myth?” The second chapter tells about FDR’s rise to power. It really helps the reader understand why there were flaws in the New Deal legislation. Roosevelt attend a prep school by the name Groton and Harvard University. “He struggled at both and had many disappointments (Folsom 2008).” Many of FDR’s classmates said he wasn’t very good in business at all. This statement is very ironic since he is the president who changed the way the US government interacts with businesses forever. Another topic touched in this chapter, is that FDR had been raised to become a political leader. He had shown more interest in politics than all of his other studies at Harvard. After he became the governor of New York, he used this as a stepping stone on his pathway to president. When FDR started announcing his New Deal plans, many of his past college colleges could have predicted the amount of wasted money and