Question

As President , how as Ronald Reagan similar to his hero , Franklin D. Roosevelt ? How was he different ? List 2-5 similarities and differences .

Answer 1

Two similarities:

• Both were very influential presidents, determining the social and economic policy of the country way past their times as presidents.
• Both started their mandates in times of economic crisis, and both were able to overcome those economic crisis during their administrations.

Three differences:

• The first difference is simply the fact that Roosevelt was a democrat and Reagan was a republican.
• A second difference is that Franklin D. Roosevelt supported a more interventionist, Keynesian approach to economic policy, while Reagan was more in favor of a less interventionist, more free-market oriented approach.
• A third difference is that Roosevelt had to face a much more difficult foreign policy challenge, World War II, while Reagan did not have to face as much of a challenge, although he did perform well in the Cold War, and without a doubt contributed to the final demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, three years after his second administration ended.