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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 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> | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 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> | ||
| − | Although Mr. Roosevelt was very popular | + | Although Mr. Roosevelt was very popular in his time, it has been argued by scholars and analysts then and now many [[New Deal]] releif efforts actually worked to prolong the [[Great Depression]]. Mr. Roosevelt started the second wave of the massive expansion of the Federal Government and greatly increased the policies of 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>. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, commonly known as "FDR", said this about the Bible in an address on October 6, 1935: | Franklin D. Roosevelt, commonly known as "FDR", said this about the Bible in an address on October 6, 1935: | ||
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Template:Stub Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 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, poliomyelitis, which physically disabled him during his presidency.[1]
Although Mr. Roosevelt was very popular in his time, it has been argued by scholars and analysts then and now many New Deal releif efforts actually worked to prolong the Great Depression. Mr. Roosevelt started the second wave of the massive expansion of the Federal Government and greatly increased the policies of 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.[2].
Franklin D. Roosevelt, commonly known as "FDR", said this about the Bible in an address on October 6, 1935:
- We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation, without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic ...
- Where we have been the truest and most consistent in obeying its precepts, we have attained the greatest measure of contentment and prosperity.
FDR became famous for delivering "fireside chats" over the new medium of radio, and on March 9, 1937 he declared:
- I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again.
As World War II began to break out in Europe, FDR warned:
- Those forces hate democracy and Christianity as two phases of the same
civilization.
The following year, on May 27, 1941, FDR stated in one of his radio addresses:
- The Nazis are as ruthless as the Communists in the denial of God.