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Christopher Damon Jesse Miller Eleni Kalaitzoglou Lindsay Thompson Thomas Connelly Myles Mcdevit __ Franklin D. Roosevelt __

=__//**Roosevelt's "New Deal", Our Ticket Out of the Depression **//__=

====When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, he immediately had the heavy burden of the Great Depression forced upon him. Herbert Hoover, the president previous to Roosevelt, was unwilling to turn to the federal government to try to lift the United States out of the Depression. However, Roosevelt immediately worked with them to come up with a “New Deal”. This “New Deal” contained many acts and laws to be passed by Congress, most of them to help create more jobs, improve a faltering agricultural life in the United States, and to set up systems to help stabilize the country. The first of Roosevelt’s “New Deal” proposals to be approved was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Its purpose was to enlist thousands of unemployed men between the ages of 18 and 26 into a peacetime army which was also known as Roosevelt’s Tree Army. The purpose of this “tree army” was to help the environment in the United States, mostly through reforestation. On May 18, 1933, Congress passed the Tennesse Valley Authority (TVA) act. Its purpose was to control and maintain the area of the Tennesse Valley, which was in very bad economic and agricultural shape. They helped improve agricultural life there, stopped forest fires, and made better habitats for wildlife and fish. However, the greatest changes they made were the many hydroelectric dams put in place. The electricity not only made life easier, but also greatly improved the productivity of farms in the area and drew industries into the region which created more jobs. The dams also helped improve navigation in the rivers and controlled flooding. Roosevelt also had the idea for the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). This act was to help promote recovery from the Depression. It set up maximum work hours, minimum wages, and banned child labor from industries. It also established a code system which created a sort of “fair game” between all industries. It was designed so as not to help industries create monopolies and also not to oppress smaller industries. Basically, the NIRA helped create stability for the United States in terms of the people and in terms of industry. Roosevelt created the SEC (securities and exchange commission) during the middle of the great depression with the Securities Act of 1933. The SEC was created and designed to make people confident enough to invest in the market. It did this by laying down rules that companies must follow. These rules can be summarized into two different sentences. One, companies that offer securities publicly must tell the truth about their businesses and the risks involved in investing. Two, brokers, dealers, and exchanges must put their investors’ interests first. The largest of the new deal cultural programs was the WPA (Works Progress Administration) it took place during the spring of 1935, and was the start of Roosevelt’s “second new deal” it was a massive employment relief program. It employed millions of public employees and cost over 11 billion dollars. During the end of the summer of 1935 Roosevelt signed the law that would be known as the social security act. It would create the great social security that we have in our nation today. It would advocate that all Americans over 60 years old should retire and receive 200 dollars per month from the federal government. The money for this money would come out of the working Americans pay-check (around 2%). Roosevelt’s “New Deal” was the major factor in lifting the United States out of the Great Depression. Most of the acts successfully executed their purposes and some went even further. However, Roosevelt was the most important factor of all. He created the whole idea of a “New Deal”, and was also very popular among the US people. When it comes down to it, Roosevelt’s presidency was the main reason the United States recovered from the Great Depression. ====

= = =__**//Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt//**__ =  Franklin D. Roosevelt was born to James Roosevelt and Sara Ann Delano on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He was taught at home by his possessive mother until he turned fourteen, and switched to Groton preparatory school in Massachusetts. In 1903 Roosevelt received a BA degree in history from Harvard. In 1905 Roosevelt married his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt had six children. Anna, James, Elliott, Franklin Jr., and John. One of the six died at birth. In 1907 Roosevelt left Columbia University where he studied law. Roosevelt was elected to state senate in 1912. In 1913 Wilson elected for assistant secretary of Navy. Roosevelt held that position until 1920. Roosevelt was a good leader, and the experience gave him military strategy experience for world war two. While he was on vacation at Campobello Islands, New Brunswick in 1921, Roosevelt got Polio disease. He lost his ability to use his legs, so he could no longer walk without aid, or play the sports he used to play as a child. After he got Polio, he helped organize places to help other polio victims. In 1924 Roosevelt became the Governor of New York. Roosevelt was inaugurated into his presidency on March 4, 1933. His presidency began during the Great Depression. At this time, Roosevelt faced the worst crisis America had ever seen since the C ivil War. Immediately after his inauguration, he began the New Deal programs. His first act was to temporarily close American banks in hopes that it would stop depositor panics. He then worked with a special session of Congress during his first 100 days of his presidency. During the session, he passed recovery legislation, which helped to set up agencies such as the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) to support farm prices and CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) to employ young men in America. Other agencies were set up to assist business and labor, insured bank deposits, regulated the stock market, subsidized home and farm mortgage payments, and aided the unemployed. These agencies helped uplift the confidence in the American economy. Banks began to reopen and direct relief help save millions of citizens. The New Deal measures, however, also involved the  government directly intervene in ways that has never happened in the past. This caused spending and unbalanced budgets. This caused Roosevelt to be criticized for his programs. The nation-at-large, however, supported Roosevelt. During 1935, another New Deal legislation took place. It included the establishment of the Works Projects Administration (WPA), which helped to provide jobs for artists, writers, musicians, and authors, alongside laborers. Social Security was also formed, which provided unemployment compensation and a program of old-age and survivors’ benefits.  In the Presidential elections of 1936, 1940, and 1944, Roosevelt defeated Alfred M. L andon, Wendell Willkie, and Thomas E. Dewey. These elections allowed Roosevelt to be the only President to serve more than two term s. After he won the presidential election of 1936, Roosevelt answered the critics of the New Deal, specifically the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ha declared many legislations unconstitutional, and members of his own party. In 1937, Roosevelt wanted to add new justices to the Supreme Court, but critics aid that he was “packing” the court and ignoring the separation of power. His proposal was defeated; the Court began to decide in favor of the New Deal legislation. During the 1938 election, he campaigned against many Democrats, but this backfired when most were reelected into Congress. All these setbacks, coupled w ith eh recession that occurred midway through his second term, was the low-point in Roosevelt’s presidential career. When war began in Europe in 1939, Roosevelt was concentrating on foreign affairs. When Hitler attacked Poland in September 1939, Roosevelt said that even was neutral, he did not expect America to remain inactive in the because of Nazi aggression. Because of this, he did his best to have America aid available to Britain, France, and China and to obtain an amendment of the Neutrality acts, which made such assistance difficult. He also built up the armed forces. When France was defeated in 1940, the American mood and Roosevelt’s policy changed. Congress made a draft for military service and Roosevelt signed a “lend-lease” bill in March 1941 to enable the nation to furnish aid to nations at war with Germany and Italy. America, even though a neutral in the war, was becoming the “arsenal of democracy”, as its factories began producing as they had in the years before the Depression. The Japanese surprise attack on December 7, 1941, against Pearl Harbor, followed by a declaration of war against the United States from Germany and Italy forced America to join the war. Roosevelt used his power as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. He worked with and through his military advisers, overriding them when necessary, and took an active role in choosing the principal field commanders and in making decisions regarding wartime strategy. He moved to make a “grand alliance” to fight against the Axis powers through “The Declaration of the United Nation,” January 1, 1942, in which all nations fighting the Axis agreed not to make a separate peace and pledged themselves to a peacekeeping organization (now the United Nations) upon victory. He have priority to the western European front and had General George Marshall, Chief of Staff, plan a holding operation in the Pacific and organize an expeditionary force for an invasion of Europe. The United States and D-Day landings on the Normandy beaches in France, June 6, 1944, were followed by the allied invasion of Germany six moths later. By April 1945 victory in Europe was certain. The unendingstress and strain of the war literally wore Roosevelt out. By early 1944 a full medical examination disclosed serious heart and circulatory problem; and although his physicians placed him on a strict diet and medication, the pressures of war and domestic politics weighed heavily on him. During a vacation at Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945, he suffered a massive stroke and died two and one-half hours later without regaining consciousness. He was 63 years old. His death came on the eve of complete military victory in Europe and within months of victory over Japan in Pacific. President Roosevelt was buried in the Rose Garden of his estate at Hyde Park,New York.

//**__FDR Signed Lend-Lease Act__**//
==== March 11, 1941, was another notable day in the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He signed into law the Lend-Lease Act of 1941. Even though Americans w ere initially weary to provide support to our allies fighting against the Axis powers of Germany and Italy, FDR convinced Congress to support this Act. In fact, this Act passed easily with overwhelming support from Democrats. FDR stated that the United States should become the “Arsenal of Democracy.” This Act allowed for the President “when he deems it in the interest of national defense…to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of” war materiel to the “government of any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States.” It helped provide weapons and security to our allies without the involvement of our troops. As our allies did not have the cash to repay their debts to our country, this Act did not require traditional repayment. Instead, our allies could pay us “in kind,” giving our country the ability to ask for certain things in repayment. Repayment could be in the form of a return of the goods, the use of the goods to support the war, or the transfer of certain goods to the United States. Congress required that funds be set aside annually for the program and that there was oversight through regular reports to them. This Act ended the neutral position of the United States with respect to World War II. ~ Lindsay  ====

//**__FDR Entered Into Atlantic Charter with Churchill__**//
==== On August 14, 1941, the United States and Great Britain issued a joint declaration called the Atlantic Charter. This declaration came about after a four-day meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard a ship anchored off the coast of Newfoundland at Argentia Bay. FDR arrived at Argentia aboard the USS Augusta, accompanied by the battleship USS Arkansas, and Churchill arrived aboard the battleship HMS Prince of Wales. Even though the United States had yet to enter World War II, their goal was to reach an agreement about each nation’s policies and visions for the future after the war. FDR and Churchill agreed to eight main points: (1) neither country would seek to add territories as a result of the war, (2) territorial adjustments would be consented to by the people concerned, (3) all people had the right to choose their own form of government, (4) when possible, trade barriers would be eliminated, (5) social welfare and global economic cooperation were important for all nations, (6) the people of all countries should be free from fear and want, (7) all people should be free to travel the seas, and (8) nations should abandon the use of force and those nations who are aggressors should be disarmed. Through this declaration, FDR and Churchill initiated the first steps toward creating the United Nations. ~ Lindsay ====

__//** Pearl Harbor Bombed- A decision mad **//e__ On December 7, 19 41 the Japanese unexpectedly bombed us at Pearl Harbor. Immediately after the bombing, on the date of December 8, president FDR gav e a speech declaring war on Japan. “A date which will live in infamy.” summarized in a few words that this is what was about to begin WWII. FDR’s motiva tional speech gavethe American people the want to fight for their country. His great speech, made Japan sound evil, a nd told it only from our side of what happened. We explained it as sudden, and said how we were in peace with the country at the time. In other w ords FDR new that something big was going to happen and that they brought it upon themselves. ~ Eleni k.



__//** FDR’s Death **//__ Yesterday April 12,1945, president Franklin D. Roosevelt unexpectedly died of cerebral hemorrhage. Many of you might have already heard of this on the radio, but this might also be a shock to you. Our longest serving president so far, who’s lead the nation through this Great Depression is gone. He guided us, and got us through some of the greatest tragedies that America has been through. Two hours after his death, Vice President Harry S. Truman took the oath as the thirty-second president. Although this is tough and astonishing, we mu st move on, and stay a strong nation. Please pray, for this sudden tragedy and hope for our next president to lead us in a great path. ~ Eleni K.

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