Case Study #3
The Democrat and the Dictator
Jazmyn D. Mitchell
Chamberlain College of Nursing

For our Week 3 online lesson, we were assigned to learn about the rise of charismatic leaders of the 1930s who dramatically changed the world (CCN, 2016). The two leaders I learned most about where Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler.
According to Week 3 online lesson, “Franklin D. Roosevelt was a practical politician with charismatic qualities who provided leadership during the Great Depression” (CCN, 2016). He was considered or labeled as being a dominant leader figure to the people of the United States preceding World War II (CCN, 2016). “During his first week in office, he called a special session of Congress, declared a bank holiday, sponsored an Emergency Banking Act, and held his first fireside chat” (CCN, 2016). In accordance to Week 3 online lesson, he promised the American people a “New Deal” for America, which consisted of relief, recovery, and reform (CCN, 2016). FDR promised to provide jobs for the unemployed, protect farmers from foreclosure, conserve farmlands, rebuild the economy, abolish child labor, and regulate banks (CCN, 2016).
According to Week 3 online lesson, “Adolf Hitler was a charismatic leader who rose to power in Germany during the intra-war period” (CCN, 2016). Through what they labeled as their period of dissatisfaction and uncertainty, Hitler had the support of the German people (CCN, 2016). It is understood in the lesson that Hitler had more than one group to satisfy rather than expressing his promises to the country as a whole. He was supported by the lower middle class, the peasants, and the upper class (CCN, 2016). He promised the individuals of Germany higher prices for farmers, work for the unemployed, small business profits, and an end to the Communist threat of large industrialists (CCN, 2016). In the eyes of the people of