FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

BACKGROUND

• Born in New York in 1882
• He has a BA from Harvard
• Married Eleanor in 1905
• Elected state senate in 1912
• Became president in 1932

GREAT DEPRESSION

• Began less than one year after becoming president
• Worked with congress to pass recovery legislation
• Set up alphabet agencies
• Works projects administration provided more jobs

WORLD WAR TWO

• The US was neutral at the beginning of the war
• The lend lease bill was passed in 1941
• Germany and Italy declared war on the US
• The US tried to form an alliance

WWII cont.

• The US and there allies invaded Northern Africa in 1942
• Europe had then officially won the war

FDR'S ROLE IN WWII

• He tried to restore confidence
• Spoke to public over radio broadcasts
• Reformed federal government
• Led US in WWII
• Started the post war peace organization also known as the united nations

LETTERS FROM EINSTEIN

• He wrote letters to FDR during the war

WORKS CITIED

• Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt" Apr. 10, 2014.      .
• Franklin D Roosevelt" Apr. 10, 2014.      .
• "Franklin D Roosevelt" Apr. 10, 2014.      .
• Primary source: "Albert Einstein's Letters to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt" Apr. 10, 2014.       .