his problem. In a time period called the “Hundred Days,” a term that is still used, a remarkable turn of events took place. A legislature that was passed by congress, was a record breaking event in the number of bills passed. Up to that time, no congress session had ever covered such an important topic in such a short amount of time.Roosevelt had few opponents during his efforts in solving the problems caused by the depression. Most, Democratic and Republican, agreed with what he was doing with American economy. Those who did oppose him wanted him to take the opportunity to move towards socialism, which is the government’s involvement in the economy of the nation. Roosevelt, however, wanted to focus the New Deal. It consisted of three main points, relief, recovery, and reform. Throughout the recovery process of the American economy, the New Deal was very effective. Although, once the economy began to recover, the Supreme Court declared the New Deal unconstitutional. So he lost support on the New Deal. In the election of 1936, Roosevelt won his most successful campaign by receiving sixty percent of the vote. However, shortly after the Supreme Court’s ruling on the New Deal, it was rethought and much of it was permitted to stay in effect. In the election of 1940, it was thought that Roosevelt would not run again. The tradition was that a president would only serve for two terms. But when by the time October came, America was having an economic depression. Because of Roosevelt’s experience in economic troubles, he received his third Democratic nomination. He ended up winning the Presidential election over Wendell Willkie, but not in nearly as grand of fashion as he had the two previous elections. Roosevelt accepted two new ideas. First the Stimson doctrine, which stated that the United States would not recognize the Japanese efforts to dominate east Asia. Furthermore it declared that we wou...
