Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

How FDR impacted The Great Depression

FDR's Early Life

FDR's Influences on the Great Depression

The Roosevelt administration upgraded or put into play banking reform laws, emergency relief programs, work relief programs, agricultural programs, and industrial reform (the NRA), a federal welfare state, as well as the end of the gold standard and prohibition.

• The New Deal program greatly impacted unemployment from 25% down to 15%.
• Roosevelt introduced Social Security.
• "Only thing we have to fear is fear its self" famous line said by Roosevelt.

Political Roles Before Presidency

• Born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York
• FDR began his first job as an apprentice lawyer with a Wall Street firm in 1907.
• Married Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905

The Great Depression

Works Cited

• New York State Senate 1910-1913
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1913-1920
• Candidate Vice President 1920-1928
• Elected Governor of New York 1928-1932

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Presidency (1932-1945)

• 1929-1939
• Longest economic down-turn in American history
• Close to 13-15 million people were left unemployed, and almost half of the banks in America had failed.
• The Dust Bowl had a major impact during the Great Depression.

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• 32nd President
• Elected President in November of 1932
• First President to be in office for 4 terms.
• FDR not only led them through The Great Depression, but through World War II.