Franklin+D.+Roosevelt

=Franklin D. Roosevelt= toc Franklin D. Roosevelt was the thirty-second president of the United States. He elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945 and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.During the Great Depression Roosevevelt created the New Deal to provide jobs for the unemployed, recovery of the economy, and reform of the economic banking system. Even thought the recovery wasn't complete until 1940.

Early Life
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in the Hudson Valley in New York. He was an only child of his parents James Roosevelt and Sarah Roosevelt. His father was 54 when he was born. He went on a lot of trips to Europe and became fluent in German and French. He learned to ride, shoot, row, and play polo and lawn tennis. =Franklin D. Roosevelt=

The Hundred Days
On March 9 Roosevelt called Congress to meet for a special session to deal with the emergency. In his campaign for president Roosevelt wanted a New Deal. Roosevelt had three main things he wanted to pay attention to. They were relief, recovery, and reform. Relief came first and was aimed at all americans in economic problems. Recovery would then spur the economy and get the country out of the depression. Reform would prevent another severe depression from happening. The flood of new laws passed during the Hundred Days had the effect of convincing people that the old ways were being thrown out. The country was making a fresh start.

Roosevelt's big speech
Roosevelt was elected in November, but couldn't take his oath until March 4. Meanwhile, the economy seemed to move downward. In February people all over the country began to rush fearfully to withdraw their savings from the banks. This panic forced even most of the soundest banks to close their doors. This banking crisis turned out to be a great advantage for Roosevelt. It forced people to put politics aside and treat the depression as a great national emergency. Inauguration Day in Washington was damp. In this dark time Roosevelt's speech was uplifting. His speech was: "This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive, and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance... Happiness Lies not in the mrere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in thethrill of creative effort. We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity; with the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious moral values; with the clean satisfaction thatcomes from the stern performance of duty by old and young alike..."

Roosevelt's New Deal
The New Deal was the name that Roosevelt came up with for a sequence of programs that he initiated between 1933 and 1936 hoping to employ the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and the recovery of the economy. It was aimed at short-term recovery programs for all groups. Most of the relief programs were shut down during World War II by the Conservative Coalition. =In The End=

Roosevelt was 62 in 1944 and has been in declining health since 1940. By this time Roosevelt had high blood pressure, emphysema, atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, and end-stage heart disease. Aware of the risk that Roosevelt would die during his fourth term, the party regulars insisted that Henry A. Wallace be dropped as vice president. Roosevelt and Truman won 53% of the vote and carried 36 states, against New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. On April 12, 1945 Roosevelt died with a terrific headache.

=References=

__They Story of America__ ; by: John A. Garraty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt#Fourth_term_and_death.2C_1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal