Which president began the modern presidency, in which presidential decision making assumed greater importance than congressional decision making? Explain how

Answer:

An ideal response will:
1. Name Franklin Delano Roosevelt as beginning the modern presidency.
2. Include information that Roosevelt was in office from the Great Depression until World War II.
3. Describe how the presidency changed with the creation of a new bureaucracy to manage the new federal agencies needed to implement the New Deal.
4. Include information about how he built a relationship with the people with his fireside chats.
5. Include information about him taking a leading role in domestic and foreign policy.