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Hace 1 día · Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was a member of the Democratic Party and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.
Hace 6 días · New Deal programs included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs focused on what historians refer to as the "3 R's": relief for the unemployed and for the poor, recovery of the economy back to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression . [1]
Hace 4 días · A new Progressive Party (the name had been used earlier by Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 and Robert M. La Follette in 1924) was created afresh in 1948, with the nomination of Henry A. Wallace, who had served as Secretary of Agriculture, Vice President of the United States, and Secretary of Commerce under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Hace 5 días · Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 32nd President of the United States. March 4, 1933–April 12, 1945. When he was inaugurated in March 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt offered hope to a population battered by years of economic hardship. Natural disasters and drought had decimated farming in the Great Plains and southwest, while the ailing economy, failing ...
Hace 5 días · Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (born May 11, 1891, New York, New York, U.S.—died February 6, 1967, Poughkeepsie, New York) was the U.S. secretary of the treasury who, during his 12 years in office (1934–45) under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, supervised without scandal the spending of $370 billion—three times more money than had passed through the hands of his 50 predecessors combined.
Hace 5 días · Roosevelt Island, island in the East River, between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, New York City. Administratively part of Manhattan, it is 1.5 miles (about 2.5 km) long and 1/8 mile wide, with an area of 139 acres (56 hectares). In 1637 the Dutch governor Wouter van Twiller bought the island from Native Americans, who called it ...
Hace 4 días · An innovative suite of U.S. history curriculum materials, A President's Vision examines the aspirations of notable U.S. presidents and the programs and initiatives that advanced each man’s vision. The centerpiece of the program is a series of seven posters examining the vision that shaped the presidencies of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln ...
