Download FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN DELANO
ROOSEVELT
AND HIS SPEECH
ON THE NEW
DEAL.
HE WAS BORN
• ON 30th JANUARY 1882 AT HYDE PARK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
WHAT DID HE DO
• HE LED THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND
WORLD WAR II
HIS MANDATE
• HE STARTED HIS MANDATE IN 1933
• HE WAS ELECTED FOR 4 TIMES : IN 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944
• IN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed an
economic reform, calling it the “ NEW DEAL”. He ordered closure on
all banks, he formed agencies such as the AAA to support farms
prices, the CCC to employ young men, and the NRA which regulated
prices.
By 1936, the economy showed signs of improvement.
HIS DEATH
• HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CONTRACTED POLIO, AND THIS
MADE HIM LOOSE THE USE OF HIS LEGS, HE DIED ON 12th APRIL 1945
IN GEORGIA AT THE AGE OF 63.
The USA IN WORLD WAR 2
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE 20TH CENTURY,
THE UNITED STATES BECAME INVOLVED IN A
DEVASTATING WORLD CONFLICT
WHY DID the USA ENTER THE WAR
• THE USA ENTERED THE WAR BECAUSE THE JAPANESE AIR FORCE
ATTACKED THE MILITARY BASE OF PEARL HARBOR ON THE 7
DECEMBER 1941
• .
WHAT DID WOMEN DO
• IN THE MEANWHILE WOMEN DID THE WORK OF THE MEN
• THAT MEANS THAT THEY : BUILT AIR PLANES, THEY
WORKED IN INDUSTRIES…
A VERY FAMUS POSTER IS “ WE CAN DO IT “ OF NORMAN
ROCKWELL
ALLIANCE
• THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH
THE GREAT BRITAIN OF CHURCHILL AND WITH THE RUSSIA
OF STALIN, WITH THIS PACT HE THOUGHT TO DEFEAT THE
ALLIES
By Abara Ebenezer