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**News Around the Nation ** Written by: Ryan B, Roth, Larenz, Akili, Caroline, and Bobbie

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**Roosevelt's Accomplishments ** By: Caroline and Bobbie Edited By: Roth, Ryan ======

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was clearly one of the most beneficial presidents our country has ever had. It is obvious because he was elected president four times. He had many accomplishments throughout his lifetime. One of his most successful ideas was the “New Deal,” which helped bring our country out of the Great Depression. This included a series of agencies such as the AAA, CCC, TVA, NIRA, SEC, and WPA, and the Social Security Act. The AAA was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. This controlled the supply of the basic crops needed in the United States. It was designed to help farmers recover from the Depression. The AAA supported farm prices. Another agency created was the CCC. This agency was the Civilian Conservation Corps. The purpose of this was to employ young men. This would help bring us out of the Great Depression because it would supply jobs for many more people; allowing the people to spend more money on other things. Roosevelt also created the Works Project Administration, also known as the WPA. This was designed to provide employment for laborers, artists, writers, and musicians. They were hired to participate in projects specifically for the arts. The SSA was the Social Security Act. This created the Social Security system and provided reimbursement for unemployed citizens and the elderly. This piece of the “New Deal” helped the country in many ways. Another agency that was created was the TVA which used the Tennesse river to provide electricity for depressed areas. They provided necessities for this area that was majorly affected my the Depression. The SEC or the Security and Exchange Commission, was a very important part of the deal. This corrected problems that caused the stock market to crash. This would help fix it and prevent problems that could occur in the future. The last piece to the act was the NIRA, the National Industrial Recovery Act. This act created the Public Works Administration and the National Recovery Administration. The Public Works Administration was made to provide aid for the construction of cities and states. The National Recovery Act was designed to help businesses. The “New Deal” helped pull the United States out of the Great Depression. We owe a great amount of credit to Roosevelt. Without his great accomplishments out country might not be where it stands today. It really shows what a great impact he had on the US, being elected four times, and helping America though some of the biggest events in our history. ======

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=Roosevelt Bio =

By: Ryan, Akili

Franklin D Roosevelt was born January 30th 1882, in Hyde park, New York to James and Sara Delano Roosevelt. FDR received most of his primary education at home, but in 1896 he attended the Groton preparatory school in Massachusetts. Then in 1900, he enrolled in Harvard and was able to receive a degree in history after only three years. Soon after, Roosevelt began to study law at Columbia University, but left without receiving a degree. In 1910, He got involved in politics and was elected to the State Senate in New York as a Democrat. Roosevelt was reelected to the senate in 1912, and in 1913, President Wilson assigned him to assistant Secretary of the Navy. In the meantime, FDR married his distant cousin, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in 1905. Together, they had five children, only one of them not able to survive infancy. In 1921, Roosevelt was stricken with poliomyelitis, otherwise known as paralysis of the legs. He fought hard to overcome his handicap, but experienced little success. Despite his disability, Roosevelt was able to become Governor of New York in 1928, and in 1930, he attempted to run for president. Roosevelt’s courageous ideas on how to improve the depression in New York, his radical method, and personal appeal lead him to become president in 1932, winning against Hoover by seven million votes. Months after Roosevelt’s inauguration The Great Depression got worse. Which occurred on March 4,1933. The depression was the greatest crisis Roosevelt has ever had to face since the Civil War. He had worked with congress to pass recovery legislation that ultimately lead to setting up alphabet agencies, such as AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) which supported farm prices and the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) which employed young men. There were a number of other agencies that were involved in revamping the stock market also. Ultimately the nation supported Roosevelt and elected other Democrats in the mid term election. Roosevelt beat Alfred M. Landon in 1936, Wendell Willkie in 1940, and Thomas E. Dewey in 1944. This made him the only American president that served more that two terms. In 1937 he proposed to add new justices to the Supreme Court, but the proposal was rejected. 1939, with the out breaking war in Europe, Roosevelt’s main concentration was on foreign affairs. The depression would not fully end until the war went into motion. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Hitler attacked Poland September 1939. As a result Roosevelt tried to make American aid available to Britain, France, and China. He also built up armed forces to face isolationist’s opposition. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">The fall of France in 1940 made Roosevelt’s policy change drastically. Roosevelt signed a “lend-lease” bill in March 1941, which allowed the nation to give aid to nations at war with Germany and Italy. Roosevelt had America remain neutral in the war, as they were still recovering from the depression. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Japanese struck Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. After, Roosevelt took an active roll in choosing principal field commanders and making decisions involving wartime strategy. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">A “grand alliance” was created against the Axis powers through “The Declaration of the United Nations”, January 1, 1942 that insured any separate nation fighting against the Axis from making a peace pledge. By April 1945 there was certain victory in Europe. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Stress and strain of the war literally wore Roosevelt out. Full medical examination found serious heart and circulatory problems. Doctors prescribed a strict regime of diet and medications, politics weighed heavily on him. During his vacation at Warm Springs, Georgia on April 12, 1945 Roosevelt suffered a massive stroke and died as an outcome. He was 63 years old. His death came on the eve of complete military victory in Europe. President Roosevelt was buried in the rose garden of his estate at Hyde Park, New York.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 220%; text-align: center;">Vice President Truman Sworn In <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 220%; text-align: center;">3rd Army Surging Eastward: Across River Elbe, Hold 6 Mile Front

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 130%;">The whole third army surged past the Elbe river during a push eastward, and held a six mile front along the east bank. Scottish troops captured Celle on the main Hanover. The British Army captured two bridgeheads across the River Aller, southeast of Bremen.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 220%; text-align: center;">Battle In City of Magdeburg

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">The Ninth Army, which crossed the Elbe river early this morning, held a six mile front along the east bank of the river. Fighting surged in the City of Magdeburg, where the 2nd armored division took more than 4,000 dazed prisoners, and liberated 3,000 British Prisoners who had been imprisoned since 1941. Many vital factories and airfields are now in American possession.

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">"Death Of President Roosevelt." //The Times//[London] 13 Apr. 1945: 1. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">The White House. "Franklin D. Roosevelt | The White House." Home | The White House. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt (accessed March 17, 2011).