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[[Image:509px-FDR in 1933.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]'''Franklin Delano Roosevelt''' '''(January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)''', was the 32nd president of the United States of America, following [[Herbert Hoover]] and preceding [[Harry Truman]].  Roosevelt was a member of the [[Democratic Party]].  He was elected four times and served a few months longer than 3 terms, from 1933-1945, the longest any one man has been president of the United States.  He was elected amidst the uncertainty of the [[Great Depression]].   

[[Image:509px-FDR in 1933.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]'''Franklin Delano Roosevelt''' '''(January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)''', was the 32nd president of the United States of America, following [[Herbert Hoover]] and preceding [[Harry Truman]].  Roosevelt was a member of the [[Democratic Party]].  He was elected four times and served a few months longer than 3 terms, from 1933-1945, the longest any one man has been president of the United States.  He was elected amidst the uncertainty of the [[Great Depression]].   

After the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], he entered the United States into the Second World War on the side of the Allied Forces.  Finally, in April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage, due partly to the crippling disease, [[polio]]myelitis, which physically disabled him during his presidency.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html</ref>   

On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage, due partly to the crippling disease, [[polio]]myelitis, which physically disabled him during his presidency.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html</ref>   

Although Mr. Roosevelt was very popular in his time, it has been argued by scholars and analysts then and now that many [[New Deal]] relief efforts actually helped to prolong the [[Great Depression]].  Mr. Roosevelt started the second wave of the massive expansion of the Federal Government and greatly increased American foreign aid.  Some of these policies were viewed as necessary due to the incredibly high level of unemployment in the 1930s and later US involvement in WWII.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/printable.html</ref>.

Although Mr. Roosevelt was very popular in his time, it has been argued by scholars and analysts then and now that many [[New Deal]] relief efforts actually helped to prolong the [[Great Depression]].  Mr. Roosevelt started the second wave of the massive expansion of the Federal Government and greatly increased American foreign aid.  Some of these policies were viewed as necessary due to the incredibly high level of unemployment in the 1930s and later US involvement in WWII.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/printable.html</ref>.