Thirty-Second President
1882-1945
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."-FDR
| Franklin Deleno Roosevelt Thirty-Second President 1882-1945 "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."-FDR |
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| Description: Assuming the
Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt
helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope
as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural
Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." He
was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. |
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| Procedure:
You are to use the links below in order to write a brief description of
FDR's life. You are expected to know about his childhood, his
political life, and what finally brought his life and career to and
end. Furthermore, you are must chose one of his 'fire-side' chats
and describe how hearing it for the first time would have made you
feel. Your final product should
be a two page, typed paper, with the first page describing FDR and the
second
describing the fire-side chat. |
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| Links: |
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| http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/ |
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| This
website is devoted to the memory of Roosevelt. It is
maintianed by the staff at his library/museum. In this website,
you can find information about FDR's life and administration. The
site also contians information about the museum itself. |
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| http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html |
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| This is
the website of the office of the White House. The best aspect of
this website is that it contains the governments biography of
Roosevelt, with
special attention to the years that he was in office. |
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| http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/home.htm |
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| This
website is devoted to the actual FDR Memorial maintained by the
National Parks Service. It contians a lot of information about
FDR and has a number of his speeches on it. |
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| http://www.mhric.org/fdr/fdr.html |
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| This
website contian information about the firesides chats that FDR gave to
the american people during his presidency. Here you will find the
actual speeches that he gave on those nights. One of these chats
deals with the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. |
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| http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm |
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| This is
the New Deal Network website. It main purpose is to educate
people
about the costs and benefits of FDR's New Deal plan. This website
even
contains the government documents associated with the New Deal. |
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| http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docID=515800 |
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| This website is dedicated to the diagnosis of FDR's polio disease. This is the disease that caused FDR to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Millions of people have been saved because of his help in the research of this disease. He helped get the March of Dimes up and running. | |
| http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/depression/ |
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| This website is devoted to the Great Depression and strategies formed by FDR and Herbert Hoover. It outlines the causes of the Great Depression along with discussing the problems Americans faced. Key terms may be found here to help understand what the situation was. The New Deal is also discussed in detail. | |
| http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/newdeal.html | |
| This webpage gives us an overview of FDR. We can find all of his biographical information here ranging from his early years to his last few days. We can also find his strategy for World War II on this webpage. | |
| http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAnewdeal.htm | |
| This page deals with the New Deal. It is an encyclopedia page so you may find a great deal of factual information on the New Deal. Information ranges from New Deal personalities to New Deal legislations. | |
| http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture19.html | |
| This
webpage deals with the economics from FDR's presidency. The page
discusses the unequal distribution of wealth and income, corporate
power, and how bad our banking structure was. |
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| http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-98.htm |
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| This webpage deals with the Second
New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt and outlines what he feels to be the
most important new ideas. |
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| http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0802770.html |
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| This webpage deals with the
Agricultural Adjustment Adminstration and what this organization stands
for and why it was created. |
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| http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_15.html |
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| This website gives
information on the creation of the FDIC and why it was a good idea.
Information is also available on the crash of the stock market
and what happened to
the banks during the crash. |
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| http://www.sec.gov/ | |
| This is the homepage for
the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is a good page to
browse to find out the exact responsibilities of this group. |
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| http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/g/w/gwd114/NIRA.html |
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| This webpage is the
history of the National Industrial Recovery Act. It describes the
act and
tells why it was implemented by President Roosevelt. |
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| http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0834965.html |
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| This webpage gives a
brief description of the National Recovery Administration. |
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| http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USARbanking.htm | |
| This page gives
backround information on the Emergency Banking Relief Acts. |
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| http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/FDRfarmissues.html |
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| This webpage deals with
the farm issues Roosevelt faced and what he did to correct this
problem.
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| http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/50th/ccc/cccintro.html | |
| This webpage gives a
small background on the Civilian Conservation Corps. |
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| http://www.cccalumni.org/history1.html | |
| This webpage gives you
the complete background of the Civilian Conservation Corps and why it
was implemented. This is a website with a great deal of
information concerning the
CCC. |
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| http://content.lib.washington.edu/feraweb/ |
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| This webpage gives us a
complete background of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and
some
of the programs and jobs it was involved in. This is a great
informational site to check out. |
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| http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/P/PublicW1o.asp | |
| This webpage deals with
the Public Works Administration and gives a background on the ideals of
the program. There are also a few links that may increase the
productivity
of your search. |
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| http://www.nps.gov/elro/glossary/pwa.htm | |
| This is another webpage
that goes more into detail about the Public Works Administration.
This
website gives the history of the program and the men involved in
creating
this program. |
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| http://content.lib.washington.edu/civilworksweb/ |
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| This webpage gives us
background on the Civil Works Administration. It also gives us
information on
the projects that were tackled and improved. |
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| http://www.msad54.k12.me.us/MSAD54Pages/skow/teachlink/teachdf/linksdf.html | |
| This webpage links you
to many of Roosevelt's programs and gives you a little bit of
information on each of them. A very helpful website. |
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| http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=69 |
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| This webpage deals with
the
launching of the Second New Deal with a link to the actual radio
broadcast
Roosevelt delivered his speech on. This also deals with the Works
Progress
Administration. |
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| http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~ppennock/doc-LibertyLeague.htm |
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| This
webpage tells us about the American Liberty League, and deals with how
the people of this league thought the government was over stepping its
boundaries. |
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| http://www.californiahistory.net/9_pages/panaceas_townsend.htm |
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| This
webpage explains what the Townsend Plan is and what its goals
were. |
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| http://www.ssa.gov/history/towns5.html | |
| This
webpage is more indepth with information about the Townsend Plan with
links that will give further information on the plan. |
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| http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/wpa/wpa_info.html | |
| This
website talks about why the Works Progress Administration was formed,
what role it played, and later what the program changed its name too. |
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| http://www.lawmemo.com/emp/nlrb/default.htm |
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| This
webpage gives us a insight no how the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) works in our society today. This website has many helpful
links that can be searched for additional information on it. |
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| http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/bus/A0834954.html | |
| This
website gives us the history of the NLRB and the definition of the
NLRB. |
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| http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/A/AmerF1L1-C1I1O1.asp |
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| This
webpage gives a definition of the Committee for Industrial
Organization. There are links at the botttom of the page that
will give the history of the CIO. |
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| http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/N-11/index.html |
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| This is
a website that can be searched to find information on the National
Housing Act. |
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| http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USARhousing.htm |
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| This
website gives the definition of the National Housing Act. |
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| http://www.opm.gov/flsa/overview.asp | |
| This
website gives us the definition of the Fair Labor Standards Act. |
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| http://www.compliance.gov/employeerights/er_fairlabor.html | |
| This is
a webpage explaining the Fair Labor Standards Act. It goes into
detail and gives some good information. |
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| http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/fsa/fsabio.html | |
| This
webpage gives us a chronological order of the events leading up to the
Farm Security Administration and why its name was changed. |
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