What is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) known for? What was FDR’s greatest accomplishment as a president? FDR, who was president from 1933 to 1945, was instrumental to American workers’ well-being; He was tasked with getting the nation through the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt successfully turned the nation’s economy around in spite of the major challenges. Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin attributes this accomplishment to his ability to empathize with others. Here’s how empathy helped Franklin Delano Roosevelt lead the nation through an economic catastrophe.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Ending the Great Depression
