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History for Grownups
copyright 2007,
David White

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the longest-serving President of the U.S. and a strong Depression and wartime leader.

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White House Biography
From the official White House site

The American President
Another finely detailed biography

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wikipedia bio of the president

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Biography from the Internet Public Library

Fun Facts
Interesting, sometimes entertaining information about this president

Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR's wife and his eyes and ears

FDR Quotes
Famous sayings uttered by the famous man

FDR and Polio
He contracted it before becoming really famous.

The Election of 1932
The New Deal begins.

Famous People of the New Deal Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry Hopkins Harold Ickes Eleanor Roosevelt Henry Morgenthau Henry Wallace Frances Perkins Hugh Samuel Johnson Lewis Douglas Herbert Hoover

Famous Things of the New Deal CCC NRA WPA PWA AAA Tennessee Valley Authority National Labor Board Social Security Act FDIC SEC

The New Deal
Roosevelt's plan to lift America out of the Depression

The "Fireside Chats"
Texts of FDR's radio broadcasts

The "Good Neighbor" Policy
Monroe Doctrine update

The Election of 1936
A landslide validates the New Deal.

The "Court-packing" Plan
Roosevelt's strategy to expand the Supreme Court in his favor

The Election of 1940
A precedent is broken.

The Lend-Lease Act
Law allowing American aid to Britain and its allies

The "Arsenal of Democracy"
A beefed-up America

World War II
Began in Europe and Asia and spread to the rest of the world

Pearl Harbor
Ushered the U.S. into WWII

The "Four Freedoms" Speech
Famous wartime speech

The Atlantic Charter
Wartime meeting between FDR and Winston Churchill

Tehran Conference
First Big Three meeting to discuss the end of the war

Yalta Conference
Second Big Three meeting, with postwar discussions

The Election of 1944
WWII drags on.

The United Nations
FDR created it but didn't live to see it.

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