5th Grade ELAR
Which U.S. president impacted our country the most?
Report All about It!
We've been learning a lot about U. S. history this year and I want you to take all that knowledge and research which president impacted our country the most. After researching and utilizing the information on this page, I want you to pretend you are a news reporter and must write one page on your findings. Remember to develop a topic sentence, summarize findings, and use evidence to support conclusions like a real news reporter would do! Have fun traveling through history this week!
Was the Impact for the Good or Bad of the Country?
Remember that a president may not just be influential in good ways, but may also have changed our history for the worse. Also be thinking of how the president impacted the country....was it by his years in office, number of executive decisions, or the legacy he left us with?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR’s résumé is staggering. He issued 3,721 executive orders—twice as high as the next president—and held office for more than 12 years. He also appointed eight Supreme Court justices and served as commander-in-chief during WWII.
No president pushed the limits of executive power as much as Roosevelt. By our numbers, FDR takes the top seat as the most influential president in U.S. history.
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George Washington
As the first U.S. president, Washington is inherently one of the most influential. He appointed ten Supreme Court justices over his eight years in office, more than any other U.S. president. As president, he also signed the important Jay Treaty, which normalized trade relations with Great Britain.
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson was an important reformer in the Progressive Era and issued an impressive 1,803 executive orders, the second most in U.S. history. He also had notable influence in foreign policy, serving as president throughout WWI.
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