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In 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected overwhelmingly on a campaign promising a New Deal for the American people. Roosevelt worked quickly upon his election to deliver the New Deal ...

Campaign In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s place in the White House. Roosevelt’s ...

The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular to the point that Roosevelt’s campaign strategy was simply not to do anything that would distract from that unpopularity. Roosevelt’s campaign introduced ...

Roosevelt was proactive in dealing with the effects of the Great Depression. He came up with a new set of policies known as the New Deal. close New DealThe name of the policies put in place from ...

Elected in November 1932 as the economic crisis ravaged the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt immediately put all his campaign promises into action it was time for the New Deal This bold ...

It was the day of Franklin Delano ... family's sprawling estate in New York, as the only child of two doting parents. He was particularly close to his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt.

Franklin D. Roosevelt had many Christmas traditions he took part in with his family and White House staff during his time in office. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, a place he ...

President Joe Biden has established a national monument in Newcastle, Maine, to Frances Perkins, the first woman member of a ...

Complete Guide to the Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York including tours, things to ...

Franklin D Roosevelt won the 1932 election and became president at the beginning of 1933. He had promised America a New Deal to fix the problems of the Great Depression. There has been a lot of ...