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What Did He Do
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States (1933-45), was the only United States President to be elected to four terms. FDR, as he was called, served during the worst times in the history of the United States, including the Great Depression and World War II. -
When was Franklin Roosevelt in office?
In his first hundred days in office, which began March 4, 1933, Roosevelt spearheaded major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal—a variety of programs designed to produce relief (government jobs for the unemployed), recovery (economic growth) -
His Family
Father: James Roosevelt
Mother: Sara Ann Delano
Half Brother: James "Rosy" Roosevelt, Jr
Wife: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Daughter; Anna Roosevelt Halstead
Son:James Roosevelt
Son: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Son: Elliot Roosevelt
Son:Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Son:John Aspinwall Roosevelt Note:This is not the real date of this event
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All About Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was in his second term as governor of New York when he was elected as the nation’s 32nd president in 1932. With the country mired in the depths of the Great Depression, Roosevelt immediately acted to restore public confidence, proclaiming a bank holiday and speaking directly to the public in a series of radio broadcasts or “fireside chats.” His ambitious slate of New Deal programs and reforms redefined the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans. Reelected -
ROOSEVELT AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS
When the Nazis seized power in Germany in January 1933, Roosevelt, less than two weeks into his administration, was preoccupied with the Great Depression and its consequences for the United States and the world. He was also concerned with setting up his cabinet and completing the transition into the new Democratic administration. Note: I couldnt find the date of this event -
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
A balanced assessment of Roosevelt's policies with regard to Jewish refugees and the Holocaust must also take into account the overall historical context. Roosevelt was preoccupied by severe economic depression and war, and aware of isolationist, antisemitic, and xenophobic sentiments in Congress and among the American public. His own government bureaucracy was, on balance, an impediment to immigration on any large scale; this opposition reflected general popular sentiment.
