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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Susana Calderon Period 3. His Close Relations. Distant Cousin of the 26 th president, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt, his wife as well as his fifth cousin and. Theodore Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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  1. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt Susana Calderon Period 3

  2. His Close Relations • Distant Cousin of the 26th president, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt • Eleanor Roosevelt, his wife as well as his fifth cousin and • Theodore Roosevelt • Eleanor Roosevelt

  3. The Start of the United Nations • The Conference held at Yalta with Churchill and Stalin would hopefully for Franklin lead to an accord resulting in the U.N., a dedicated dream of his • Roosevelt’s reason for heading towards Yalta was to create the United Nations in order to keep world peace

  4. Fireside Chats • The Fireside Chats was Franklin’s way of connecting with his people gaining their confidence • He attracted wide audiences with his “cordial one-on-one conversations” • This was a scenario whose purpose was to ask for moral commitment and confidence in one another

  5. Role in The Military • His articulation of Allied war aims in the Atlantic Charter and the Four Freedomsspeech and his proposal for a United Nations after the war reflected his belief in democracy and America's role of leadership in the postwar world. • As the USA entered WWII, he became an excellent commander in chief leading the country in the mobilization of manpower and resources required to fight the war • Lend-Lease Act allowed USA allies to borrow military equipment from the United States

  6. The New Deal • Programs and agencies set up under the New Deal included the Securities and Exchange Commission , to oversee the stock market; the Tennessee Valley Authority , to bring electricity and conservation programs to rural areas in the South; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , to insure people's bank deposits; the Social Security System, to provide old-age pensions and unemployment insurance; and the Fair Labor Standards Act , to set a national minimum wage and limit hours of work. • Temporary programs like Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps relieved unemployment on a short-term basis.

  7. The common purpose of all the new deal reforms was to end the Great Depression as well as to make America a little less risky for future generations. • The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation gave bank depositors confidence • Reliable information was given to investors with the Securities and Exchange Commission The Purpose of the New Deal

  8. Effects Of The New Deal • The Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided jobs for thousands of people • Under these programs, dams, bridges, buildings, and other public works was built. • The Tennessee Valley Authority had dams built to help control floods • Dams also provided inexpensive electrical power and light to big and undeveloped areas

  9. Lend-Lease Act of 1941 continued in use, even after WWII. • Many of his New Deals became permanent, such as the Social Security Acts • The United Nations kept in tact, up to this day • He established a foundation in Georgia to help other polio victims, and he directed what became the March of Dimes research program, which eventually funded the discovery of a vaccine to prevent polio. Contributions Still Seen Today

  10. Work Cited • "Roosevelt, Franklin D.." The Great American History Fact-Finder. 01 Dec. 2004. eLibrary. Web. 14 May. 2010. • "ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. (1882-1945)." Young Students Learning Library. 01 Jan. 1996. eLibrary. Web. 13 May. 2010. • Kennedy, David M. “FDR’s Lessons for Obama” Time Magazine. Time Magazine, 24 June. 2009. Web. 12 May 2010 • http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00114/theodore-roosevelt_114086t.jpg • http://www.opiniaosocialista.org/images/02opiniao02.jpg • http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u159/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt.jpg • http://thebizzare.com/wp-content/uploads/14-franklin-delano.jpg • http://media.syracuse.com/kirst/photo/franklin-delano-roosevelt-5d67f075e3af2e68_large.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.png • Robert Shiller By Robert Shiller. "America is in need of a pep-talk." Financial Times; London. 18 Feb. 2010: 9. eLibrary. Web. 13 May. 2010. • Gruver, Edward. "FDR at Yalta." American History. 01 Apr. 2005: 44. eLibrary. Web. 14 May. 2010. • http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2009/10/yalta.jpg • http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8DbWLLeuIV4/Rm8QGdRyA4I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ywMfgHTxW-s/s320/tel0-056.jpg • http://images.asc.ohio-state.edu/is/image/eHistory/wwii/images/general/0743.jpg?cell=100&cvt=jpg • http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/c/r/Rooseveltfdr300.jpg

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