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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
(b. January 30, 1882; d. April 12, 1945) Thirty-second president of the United States (1933–1945).
Franklin Delano Roosevelt led the nation through its worst depres...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Born January 30, 1882
Hyde Park, New York
Died April 12, 1945
Warm Springs, Georgia
Thirty-second president of the United States
"I have never known a man who gave one...
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First Inaugural Address
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Born in Hyde Park, New York, in 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) grew up in a family that enjoyed both wealth and political power. (President T...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was president during two of the most serious crises of the twentieth century—the Great Depression (1929-41) and World War II (1939-45). During both ordeals, he was able to ...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), thirty-second president of the United States, led the nation out of the Great Depression and later into World War II. Before he died, he cleared the way for peac...
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In the following review of The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Muzzey considers the comprehensiveness and accuracy of this collection of presidential documents.
Supplementing the...
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In the following essay, Frisch discusses Roosevelt's efforts to preserve American democracy during the Great Depression.
The literature on Franklin D. Roosevelt generally reflects praise from t...
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In the following essay, Benson investigates various drafts of Roosevelt's final speech, which was to be delivered in April of 1945.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our do...
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In the following essay, Theoharis examines United States policy toward the Soviet Union in the 1940s, contrasting Roosevelt's ambivalence and largely conciliatory approach with Truman's ...
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In the following essay, Ryan analyzes the rhetorical technique of Roosevelt's first inaugural address.
Historian David Potter's observation that, by historical hindsight, the critic migh...
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In the following excerpt, George-Brown introduces selections from Roosevelt's most historically significant speeches.
Governor of New York before he became the thirty-second President of the Un...
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In the following essay, Berlin gives his impressions of Roosevelt and his influence, characterizing him as "the greatest leader of democracy, the greatest champion of social progress in the twe...
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In the following essay, Davis presents a profile of Roosevelt's character.
When, more years ago than I like to count, a publisher approached me with the proposal that I do a book about Franklin...
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In the following essay, the first in a series of two, Nisbet examines Roosevelt's "uncritical, unconditional adulation" of Joseph Stalin from 1941 through the Yalta summit in 1945...
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In the following essay, Nisbet continues his analysis of Roosevelt's credulity toward Stalin.
President Roosevelt's World War II courtship of Stalin reached its heights, as I have indica...
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In the following essay, Duffy maintains that Roosevelt was not an advocate for disabled Americans, calling this a myth perpetuated by Roosevelt's biographers.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt pr...
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In the following review, Randolph favorably assesses The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1938 the compiler of [The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt] publis...
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In the following essay, Adelstein studies Roosevelt's economic policy during the Great Depression in view of John Maynard Keynes's economic theory and American managerialism of the twent...
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In the following excerpt, Perlmutter probes Roosevelt's enigmatic worldview and evaluates the merits and faults of his wartime strategy.
The President's Style and World View
How did Roo...
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In the following essay, Auchincloss speculates on Roosevelt's elusive inner character.
Along the walls of the main hall of the classroom building of Groton School were hung, in chronological o...
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In the following essay, Lewis explores John Steinbeck's efforts on behalf of Roosevelt during the Second World War.
The Nazi attack in Europe led to many American artists' participation...
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In the following essay, Oliver examines Roosevelt's delivery of his 1932 presidential nomination acceptance speech as the turning point in his political career.
Chicago was the scene of the mos...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1950, Schlesinger responds to revisionist critics of Roosevelt's wartime foreign policy.
The storm of controversy around the foreign policy of Fr...
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In the following excerpt from It Seems to Me, a collection of questions and answers from letters addressed to Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt discusses some of the personal qualities of her...
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In the following essay, Braden and Brandenburg explore the significance and effectiveness of Roosevelt's direct communication with the American people via radio with his so-called "Fires...
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In the following essay, Tugwell surveys the challenges faced by Roosevelt at the beginning of his first term of presidency in 1933.
Early in the day on 4 March 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt with his new ...
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In the following essay, Borg focuses on the political contexts of Roosevelt's 1937 "quarantine" speech—an address aimed at checking the aggression of the Axis powers—...
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In the following essay, Watson offers a critical overview of historical monographs on Roosevelt of the 1950s.
Almost ten years ago, David Potter contributed an article to the Yale Review entitled ...
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At the height of the Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt came into the presidency. His reforms and ideas, along with the increased industrial opportunities created in World War II, allowed him to not o...
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During FDR's presidency, he had to deal with many different things. First of all, Roosevelt had to deal with the Great Depression. After stepping into office, he had to immediately respond to the cras...
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", said Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his inaugural speech in 1933. Roosevelt was elected as the 32nd president in 1933, in a time of grave danger and ec...
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In one way, Roosevelt's character did not help in understanding ordinary Americans. Some people argue that he was a spoilt, protected boy because he was a single child and came from a very rich WASP f...
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When FDR got elected as president he inherited a lot of problems from Hoover. He was dedicated to helping the country though and capable enough to do it. He instituted many changes in the first part o...
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You're sitting at home trying to find a station on your radio. You find a station and hear a voice yelling, "Special Report, Special Report." You gather your family around the radio. The intensity...
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During the 1920's, the United States of America experienced a period of unprecedented prosperity. Due to billions of dollars worth of post-world war one credit, and vast natural resources, America lau...
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Our Thirty-Second President
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", stated a hero in his inaugural speech on March 4th, 1933. He led by this statement this for his terms of presidency and b...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
On a rainy day in March 1933, a country watched eagerly as Franklin Delano Roosevelt swore in as the thirty-second president of the United States. At this time, the United...
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To what extent did the Supreme Court influence Roosevelt's policies.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt came to office on the fourth of March 1933. He is the thirty second president. He has come into office ...
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Guided by Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people, this series of 64-page biographies focuses on the leaders, scientists, and icons who shaped our world. These people, many from very hu...
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This 16-page Teacher's Resource Guide includes research-based, reproducible activities which extend key reading strategies including decoding, vocabulary skills, activating prior knowledge, fluency...
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