Franklin Delano

Roosevelt
Andrew
8017-14
11-18-09
Mr. Szaro
Presidents PowerPoint
presentation
 Introduction
• 32 nd President of
the United
States

• He was best
know for getting
the countr y
though T he
Great
Depression and
Wor ld War II
 Early Life
 He was born on
January 30, 1882 on
a winter morning at
9:45
 In Hyde Park, New
York (Hudson River)
 His parents were
James and Sara
Roosevelt and he was
an only child.
 The doctor told
James and Sara
Roosevelt
“They didn’t expect
the little boy to be
born alive.”
 Later Family Life
 In 1905, he married
Anna Eleanor
Roosevelt (Distance
cousin)
 They had 5 kids
 Anna
 James
 FDR Jr.
 Elliot
 FDR Jr.
 John aspinwall
 Education
 He learned
basics from
private tutors
and later went
to Harvard.
 He studied
political history
and government
 Important Events and issues
 He grow up during
the Spanish-
American War and
World War I
 He was influenced by
his cousin President
Theodore Roosevelt
and Grover Cleveland
 Herbert Hoover was
President during his
childhood
 Presidency
 FDR was President
fr om 1933-1945
 He was elected 4
times and had 3 vice
Presidents:
o John Gar ner
o Henr y A. Wallace
o Har r y Tr uman

 Wor ld War II took

place during his time
as President.
 He was the longest
ser ving President in
office. (1933-1945)
 He was a Democrat.
 Major Presidential
accomplishments
 He passed the
Emer gency Bank
Act, helping the
United States out
of the great
depression.

 He would have a
fireside chats on the
radio where he would
talk about the current
state of the Country.

 He made a peace
treaty ending WWII
Major Presidential
Accomplishments
 He wrote:
 Looking Forwar d
 T he New Deal and Political
Refor m
 Fir eside Chats of Fr anklin
Delano Roosevelt
 He accomplished many
acts, bills and ser vices:
 Social Security Act
 Pay-as-you-go income tax bill
 National Recover y
Administr ation (NRA) Civilian
Conser vation Cor ps (CCC)
 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 He died in of fice on
A pril 12, 1945
 Har r y Tr uman was
Pr esident after he
died in of fice.
 After his death many
movies pr emier ed
about Fr anklin Delano
Roosevelt such as
“Sunrise over
Campobello” and
“War m Springs”
 He is consider ed one
of the g r eatest
Pr esidents
 Roosevelt’s policies
wer e still used in the
administr ation of
Tr uman, Kennedy and
Johnson.
 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Summary

 Franklin Delano
Roosevelt was
bor n Januar y 30,
1882
 FDR was the 32nd
Pr esident of the
United States
 Mar ried Eleanor
Roosevelt and had
5 kids
 Bibliography
Books:
 Sullivan, George. Mr. President. New York: Scholastic, 2001.

 Peare, Catherine. The FDR Story. Binghamton, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company,
239.

 Degregorio, Williams. The complete book of U.S. Presidents. New York: Red Dembner
Enterprise, 691

Websites:
 “C-Span American Presidents.” {Online} Available,
http://www.americanpresidents.c-span.nsatc.net/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=31
, October 22, 2009
 “American presidents: life portraits” {Online} Available,
http://www.americanpresidents.c-span.nsatc.net/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=31
, October 27, 2009

 “Franklin D. Roosevelt biography – American presidents” {Online} Available,

http://www.history.com/presidents/fdr/biography, October 27, 2009

 “American history timeline” {Online} available,

http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html, October 27, 2009
 Bibliography
Websites cont.
 “Franklin D. Roosevelt library” {Online} available,
http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/german1.html, November 3, 2009

• “Franklin D. Roosevelt” {online} available,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fdr, November 9, 2009

• “American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt” {online} available,

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrarsenalofdemocracy.html, December
16, 2009

• “Joseph Stalin Wrote A Memo” {online} available,

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_stalin_2_e.jpg, December 16,
2009

• “The DC Traveler- The FDR memorial” {online} available,

http://www.thedctraveler.com/files/2007/11/fdr-when-he-was-secretary-of-the-navy-1913.jpg
, December 16, 2009
“Franklin Delano Roosevelt” {online} available,
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/elro/shows/overview/slide3.jpg, January 5,
2010