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The War

Despite the countless pieces of legislation passed under Roosevelt, what got America out of the depression was World War II. After World War I, America was actually very Isolationist. So as Roosevelt approached the war, he gradually promoted an Interventionist mindset. I mean, if Germany's going to intervene with everyone, why can't the U.S.? 

So Roosevelt started getting involved with revising neutrality acts to allow for a cash-and-carry policy and later the Lend-Lease act so that the U.S. could provide arms and aid to the French and UK. And then, Pearl Harbor happened, so we all know what came next. Actual war. He was pretty much priming the U.S. for war so that when war actually happened, everyone wouldn't be in shock.

Although FDR didn't live to see the end of the war he brought his country into, according to my AP Gov breakout rooms, he was deemed the most worthy of all the remaining Presidents to be carved into Mt. Rushmore. Both for the democratic party and democracy as a whole, FDR made an impact. At the Yalta conference, FDR was friendly with Stalin and received his word for the installation of democratic governments throughout Eastern Europe. Just like steel, Stalin couldn't be easily molded. And Stalin, as we know him today, became the leader of the Soviet Union. So no, he did not keep his word with FDR.

Despite ending on such a low note with Communist regimes and all, after the fall of Communism, FDR's democracy spread across the world and stays with us forever.

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