32.+Franklin+D.+Roosevelt

By: Cathy Salvarrey & Mariana M.
 * __ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) __**

__**Facts**__
933-1945)
 * Terms:** President of the United States (1toc
 * Born: ** January 30th 1882, Hyde Park, New York
 * Full Name: ** Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 * Nickname: ** "FDR"
 * Education: ** Harvard College (graduated 1903), Columbia Law School
 * Children: ** Anna Eleanor, James, Franklin Delano Jr., Elliott, Franklin Delano Jr.(second), John Aspinwall
 * Career: ** Public Official, Lawyer
 * Poltical Party: ** Democrat
 * Died: ** April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Georgia

**__Jobs Before Presidency__**
Franklin Roosevelt had several jobs that dealt with office positions before he was elected President. He became the Senator for New York in 1910. He was part of Wildrow Wilson's Administration as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Franklin Roosevelt also ran for Vice President in 1920, but he lost to Warren D. Harding. After losing Roosevelt decided to run for Governor for the state of New York in 1928 and won. Roosevelt had gained knowledge not only from these jobs, but also from his cousin, who inspired him to run for President, Teddy Roosevelt.

__**Election**__
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President on November of the year 1932. He ran for President during the era that is now known as the [|Great Depression].Roosevelt was a risk taker. He knew how bad the economy was when President Hoover's term was coming to an end and still decided to take a chance to run for President. Not only did Franklin Roosevelt take the risk to run for President, but he also took the risk of having the citizens depend on the government in order to better the economy. Today people look back at this and believe that if it was not for Roosevelt having the people depend on the government the United States would have had a hard time to recover. His ideas revolved around helping those that were unemployed and struggling during the Great Depression.

__**Presidency[[image:fdr.jpg width="248" height="209" align="right" caption="Inaugural Speech 1932"]]**__
Stepping into his Presidency, Roosevelt took action right away. The first thing he did as President was close all banks, after Black Tuesday, when banks lost money that people were begining to invest, until they were able to reestablish themselves, so that people believed that their money was safe. During Franklin's Presidency he was the first to do many things. For example he was the first President to inform the citizens about what was happening. He would have [|"fire side chats"] where he talked to the American people through the radio about the major problems the nation was facing. He would hear what they had to say, and talked to them about his ideas. Franklin D. Roosevelt was also the first and has been the only President to serve three full terms. Also he was the first and only President that After him all of the other Presidents started to let the citizens know what was happening. During his first 100 days Roosevelt proposed something that was called the "New Deal". The New Deal consisted of [|several programs]. He was commander in chief while the surprise Pearl Harbor Attack. Durring WWII Roosevelt asked congress to enact laws that allowed the U.S. to sell military equipment. Roosevelt also directed the making of the atomic bombs. He did a great job at directiong the military, but was unable to see Germany surrender because he passed away.

__**Summary**__
Under [|President Franklin D. Roosevelt's leadership], the United States emerged from World War II as the world's foremost economic, political, and military power. As President Roosevelt opened many job opportunities with his idea of the New Deal. He took his Legislative Power to recomend that the New Deal become active right away. Also one of the major things that he proposed within the New Deal was the Social Securtiy, which helped the disabled, unemployed, and dependent mothers. Today his Social Security program is still being used by all American citizens. Franklin D. Roosevelt has been the only President to lead the nation during a Great Depression, and it is obvious that he did a great job because he would have served four full terms if he would not have passed away. FDR was the first to do many things including the first to communicate with the people the problems of the nation. He did his best to relief the United States from its economic problems. Roosevelt is a well respected man and for all his efforts he should be considered one of the greatest U.S. Presidets.

__**References[[image:fdr-memorial.jpg width="422" height="261"]]**__
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