Presidential Greatness: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential greatness is due to being in the right place at the right time as in the case of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1928, the United States economy is starting to slip. The construction boom is over, farmer¹s share of the national income has dropped from 15 to 9 percent since 1920 and between May 1928 and Sept. 1929 the average prices of stock had risen 40 percent. Trading will spread between 23 million shares per day …showed first 75 words of 801 total…

…showed last 75 words of 801 total…one of the "Great presidents". We don¹t know for sure if FDR¹s greatness was due to him being in the right place at the right time but we know that he will always be remembered. Many of FDR¹s method are still used today along with many New Deal programs that still are used today. FDR helped pull us out of the Great Depression, therefore, he is remembered as a Great American President.