Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office four years later with the awareness that he had to somehow restore the morale of the nation as a whole. The actions FDR took to bring back economic prosperity all begin with “…an unprecedented experiment in state building” (Gerstle 128). FDR knows he must continue in the footsteps of what TR did, and Gerstle also gives some insight into the amount he can actually authorize. The most widespread is the government's enormous contribution to the revival of the American economy, since up to this point the government has tried to stay out of regulating the economy; however, this will change the situation forever. Gerstle argues that FDR was successful and supports his claim by providing hypothetical speculation as to whether he was considered successful in Theodore Roosevelt's eyes. Gerstle also connects FDR's New Deal to his thesis by saying how it “…shaped the civic nationalism of those years” (Gerstle 130). FDR, as well as TR, share a very important point of view that Gerstle makes clear: they both have the same point of view on racial hybridity. One of the most important aspects is how much influence TR's New Nationalism had on FDR's New Deal. This is a turning point in American history because it reports TR's war mobilization, since “FDR