History 102 F1 2 U.S. History II

Answer one of the two following questions in a typed essay 3 pages in length. Your essay should draw from the America textbook as the only historical source of information for this paper. Power point handouts are not to be used as a historical source.

Absolutely no internet resources are to be utilized or referenced in your paper.
Any use of the internet as a source will result in a grade of F for this assignment

Your essay should be typed, double-spaced, and in a font no larger than 12 pt. Times New Roman (this font). The paper should have a title and all the pages are to be numbered. A separate Title Page is optional and a Works Cited page is not required.

Whenever you make direct quotations from the textbook or use specific wording, facts, or ideas from the textbook you must cite them with footnotes or endnotes. You are to use an abbreviated form of footnotes to cite your historical sources. (America, page #). Attached is information on the formal footnote format used in writing history papers that is provided just for your information if you would like try using it.A copy of the essay is due by on Tuesday May 12th which 2 days before the last class

In this essay you are to examine President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the man, the Politician and the four-term elected President who led the country through one of the most economically devastating periods in the nation’s history. Begin with looking at Roosevelt’s upbringing, family life and his battle with physical disabilities as well as his early years in politics before he became President. Some mention of Eleanor Roosevelt as a progressive leader in her own right is appreciated. Your look at Roosevelt, the President should examine him as the architect of the First and Second New Deal during the Great Depression but also his shortcomings in race relations and his problemed relationship with the U.S. Supreme Court during his administration,