Find out about FDR's radical plan to pull America out of the Great Depression.

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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.

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 ...

Historians differ widely in evaluating Franklin D ... degree true. Roosevelt was a class leader in extracurricular activities, but he was only an average student. He was a New York aristocrat ...

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 ...