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In foreign affairs, FDR committed the United States to the defeat of the
fascist powers of Germany, Japan, and Italy, and led the nation and its allies
to the brink of victory. This triumph dramatically altered America's
relationship with the world, guiding the United States to a position of
international prominence, if not predominance. By virtue of its newfound
political and economic power, as well as its political and moral leadership,
the United States would play a leading role in shaping the remainder of the
twentieth century.
Franklin Roosevelt also forged a domestic political revolution on several
fronts. In politics, FDR and the Democratic Party built a power base which
carried the party to electoral, if not ideological, dominance until the late
1960s. In governance, FDR's policies, especially those comprising the New
Deal, helped redefine and strengthen both the American state and,
specifically, the American presidency, expanding the political, administrative,
and constitutional powers of the office.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, to
James and Sara Roosevelt. James Roosevelt was a land-owner and
businessman of considerable, but not awesome, wealth. FDR grew up under
the watchful eyes of his mother, whose devotion to her only child was
considerable, and a host of nannies. At age 14, Franklin's parents sent him to
the Groton School, a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts. At
Groton, FDR grew increasingly fond of his distant cousin, Theodore Roosevelt,
a rising star in the Republican Party. FDR went on to Harvard College, where
he spent more time on the college newspaper than he did on his studies.
While at Harvard, FDR apparently declared himself a Democrat and began
courting his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Synopsis
Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, on February 24,
1955, to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for
adoption. Smart but directionless, Jobs experimented with different pursuits
before starting Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Apple's
revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad, are now
seen as dictating the evolution of modern technology, with Jobs having left
the company in 1985 and returning more than a decade later. He died in
2011, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.