Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Birth-Death: (1882 - 1945 ) Term: (1933-1945 )

President Roosevelt was elected in 1932, during one of the hardest times in United States history. After the stock market crashed in 1929, businesses closed, unemployment rates soared, and money and food became scarce. The depression was worldwide and this led to the rise of dictators in Europe: Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany and Moussolini rose to power in Italy. After the Spanish Civil War, it was obvious the world would suffer another major conflict and when Hitler attacked Poland, a world war was eminent.

Chronology of Franklin Roosevelt

1933 - Good Neighbor Policy

1933 - The Bank Holiday closed banks and helped end the bank crisis

1933 - The New deal began with the "Hundred Days"

1933 - 21st Amendment, ends prohibition

1935 - National Recovery Act declared unconstitutional

1937 - Roosevelt tries to pack justices of his own choosing

1939 - World War II begins

1940 - Roosevelt elected for his third term

1941 - Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and U.S. enters WW2

1944 - Congress approves the GI Bill of Rights