FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT .

An Iconic Leader of American Politics

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT .
An Iconic Leader of American Politics

Born January 30th, 1882, Hyde Park, New York.

1900-03: Harvard - New York's

Columbia University.

1905: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT .
An Iconic Leader of American Politics
IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT FDR. .
1. HE WAS THE 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES

1933 to 1945: almost 13 years

New York state Senator.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

Governor of the state of New York.

 HE SERVED THE LONGEST TIME
2.
IN OFFICE IN U.S. HISTORY

He was elected to office four times.

Dark periods in U.S. history: The Great
Depression and WWII.
 HE WAS PARALYSED FROM THE WAIST
3 DOWN. (1921)
.
4. HE CREATED THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS

1932: The Great Depression

Unemployed.
Homeless.
Families lived in temporary settlements.
First 100 days, he signed 14 laws: the
New Deal.
Measures revived confidence in the
economy.
5. HE USED THE RADIO TO APPEAR IN
“FIRESIDE CHATS”
FDR was the first president to
communicate directly and routinely with
the American population:
The Great Depression
The 1936 recession
New Deal initiatives
WWII
Calmed down rumors
Explained his policies
6. HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO
APPEAR ON TELEVISION (1939)
7.
HE HE LED THE COUNTRY DURING WORLD
WAR II AND GAVE THE NAME TO THE UN.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941—Day of Infamy

7.
HE HE LED THE COUNTRY DURING WORLD
WAR II AND GAVE THE NAME TO THE UN.

Atomic bomb to Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein and Leó

Szilárd — The Manhattan Project
7.
HE HE LED THE COUNTRY DURING WORLD
WAR II AND GAVE THE NAME TO THE UN.

Atomic bomb to Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein — The

Manhattan Project
7.
HE HE LED THE COUNTRY DURING WORLD
WAR II AND GAVE THE NAME TO THE UN.

The term United Nations, originally suggested by FDR.

Washington, D.C., on 1 January 1942
8. FDR IS CREDIT WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY
PROGRAM
9. FDR WAS THE FIRST SITTING PRESIDENT TO
FLY IN A PLANE
10 HE DIED IN OFFICE

Franklin D. Roosevelt is thought to be one of the greatest U.S.

presidents of all time.
“Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's the choice that
something else is greater than that fear”.