Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1945. He led the country through the Great Depression and most of World War II.

New Deal: A series of federal programs and reforms launched under Roosevelt to address the Great Depression. Roosevelt’s domestic agenda expanded federal responsibility for economic relief and recovery.
Fireside chats: Radio addresses in which Roosevelt explained government policies and events directly to the American public. These broadcasts helped build public understanding and support for his policies.
Theodore Roosevelt: The 26th president of the United States, known for progressive reforms and conservation policies. The distant cousin’s presidency helped shape Franklin Roosevelt’s political ambitions and public image.
Herbert Hoover: The 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933 during the onset of the Great Depression. Hoover’s response to the Depression became the governing approach Roosevelt challenged in 1932.
Social Security Act: A 1935 United States law establishing federal old-age benefits and programs for unemployment and dependent families. It created a lasting social-insurance system as part of the New Deal.
Executive Order 9066: A 1942 order authorizing military exclusion zones, used to forcibly remove Japanese Americans from the West Coast. It shows how Roosevelt’s wartime authority enabled the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Eleanor Roosevelt: An American diplomat, activist, and first lady who advocated for human rights and social reform. Her partnership with Franklin Roosevelt connected his administration to reform movements and public advocacy.
Harry S. Truman: The 33rd president of the United States, who succeeded Roosevelt in 1945 and led the country through the war’s final months. Truman inherited Roosevelt’s wartime presidency and made decisions Roosevelt did not live to face.
Executive Office of the President: A group of agencies and staff that assist the United States president in directing the executive branch. Roosevelt’s reorganization of presidential support helped shape the modern executive office.
Lend-Lease: A United States program that supplied Allied nations with war materiel before and during American entry into World War II. Roosevelt used it to aid countries fighting the Axis while the United States remained formally neutral.

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