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81/100 =The Alapocas Times = = By: Bevyn, Bron, Ellie, Erich, Ian, and Sophia =

Relief, Recovery, and Reform!

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," Roosevelt's Inaugural Address on March 4th, 1933 set the tone for America's New Deal. In the months preceding Roosevelt's Presidency America's economic situation worsened tremendously. The country was experiencing the Great Depression. Roosevelt faced factory closings, farm forecloses, bank failures, skyrocketing unemployment rates, and an unhappy America. Herbert Hoover, the country's previous president believed that the government should not interfere with the economy. This belief system was drastically altered when Roosevelt initiated the New Deal. Roosevelt was able to restore confidence in the American economy by passing several federal acts, establishing welfare and work-relief programs, and hosting weekly addresses to the American public. Although it is argued that the New Deal didn’t directly affect the U.S. economy, it definitely boosted public morale. The New Deal changed the lives of Americans by increasing the government’s involvement in economic issues. Roosevelt focused mainly on the three “R’s” of the New Deal; relief, recovery, and reform. Relief for poor and unemployed, recovery for the failing economic system, and reform to create a new financial system. The New Deal can be separated into two sections, the “First Deal” in 1933 and the “Second Deal” from 1934 to 1936. The First Deal dealt with economic recovery by working with different banking and industrial groups. The Second Deal focused on passing the Wagner Act and establishing work relief and social security programs. Other important creations of the New Deal included the United States Housing Authority and Farm Security Administration, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Roosevelt’s unique ability to asses and comprehend the country’s wants and needs, as well as his determination and political stills need to pass bills, truly made him one of, if not the most, influential Presidents in U.S. history.

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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Biography = =Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30,1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He was born to Sara Delano and James Roosevelt. His family was very wealthy and he was Sara and James's only child. In Roosevelt's early life, he traveled frequently to German and France and soon picked up the languages. Franklin was introduced to golf at a young age and was the only president to design a golf course. He went to Groton School, an Episcopal boarding school. While he was there he was influenced by his headmaster, who preached about helping the less fortunate and urged the students to enter public service.He then went to Harvard and graduated in 1904. While in college, Roosevelt's fifth cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, became President of the United States.In 1902, he met his future wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. She was his fifth cousins once removed and Theodore's niece. After graduating from Harvard, Roosevelt entered Columbia Law School in 1904, but dropped out in 1907, because he passed the New York State Bar exam. On March 15, 1905, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt got married. They later raised 5 children. Anna Eleanor, James, Elliot, Franklin Delano Jr., and John Aspinwall. Roosevelt showed an interest in politics in 1910 by winning a seat in Senate. In 1912, he was reelected to the state Senate. During the election of Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin supported Wilson through the campaign. When Wilson won he awarded Franklin by making him post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1913. In 1914, Roosevelt was nominated as a candidate for US Senate. In 1920, he became a vice president of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and took charge of the New York City office. Tragedy struck in 1921. Roosevelt had contracted polio an infantile paralysis. He was paralyzed from the waist down at the age of 39. He continued in politics and was elected governor in 1930. He also ran for president in 1932.Franklin was elected President in November 1932. During the election tragedy in the United States struck. On October 29, 1929 the stock market collapsed, leaving millions of Americans in poverty and unemployed. This effected the election and Franklin wanted to rejuvenate the economy for America. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the President from November 1932 to April 1945. He sadly died of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was the only President to serve 3 full terms and is one of the best Presidents to this day. =

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 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt has decided to run for a controversial third term. He is the first President to break the unwritten two term limit that has been in place since Washington. President Roosevelt defended his decision to run again by saying that it is his presidential duty to stay in office because of the current state of the United States. Roosevelt’s opponent, Wendell Wilkie, said "if one man is indispensable, then none of us is free," as apart of his campaign. It is not only Republicans that disapprove of President Roosevelt’s third term, but also Democrats.



The Presidents Roosevelt’s closest ally, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, sent his regrets to now widowed, Eleanor Roosevelt, with the message, “"I have lost a dear and cherished friendship which was forged in the fire of war. I trust you may find consolation in the magnitude of his work and the glory of his name". This famous friendship has helped the U.S. and England get through these devastating times. President Roosevelt first contacted Prime Minister Churchill when Hitler declared war on Poland, and at that time Churchill was not Prime Minister. President Roosevelt wrote to Churchill to learn about the current state of Europe. The two bonded over their naval experience. The correspondence was not perfect, the two leaders had disagreements over how to fight in Europe and the alliance with Stalin. This friendship has been one of the key components in getting us this far through the war. It was a friendship that will go down in history.



Executive Order 9066, the order that relocated all Japanese living in the US, citizen or not. Even though it did not specifically say that the Japanese should be relocated, it did say the US was an area, "from which any or all persons may be excluded,". This order ended up targeting people that were of, "Foreign Enemy Ancestry", referring to the Japanese. This order was opposed by the head of the FBI and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. None of the opposition convinced Roosevelt to reject the order. A small amount of German and Italian people were detained.

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 * “Between World Wars: FDR and The Age of Isolationism” Choices Packet
 * “Franklin D. Roosevelt Biography” Handout
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