Franklin Delano Roosevelt How does one measure great influence? Perhaps the number of people affected can measure influence or how long the changes last. Perhaps influence is measured by its impact on history or the impact felt by the world. Franklin Roosevelt's influence encompasses all these measurements. His life and legacy influenced the lives of millions in the past and is still affecting those who live today. During his four terms as President, Roosevelt faced …showed first 75 words of 1430 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1430 total…FDR was the peoples President and still affects every single person living in the United States today, more than fifty years later. The U.S. would not be the same if FDR had not entered WW2, ended the Great Depression, and helped create the United Nations. All of these facts lead me to believe that Franklin Roosevelt was the most significant man of the century and some might even say most influential in America's history.