Summary.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected during the Great Depression and immediately introduced plans with the New Deal to help the American economy recover.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 100 Days
- 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945)
- Led the American people during a time of economic crisis
- Claimed that in first 100 days he would make an effort to help the people
- Introduced the New Deal outlining a number of programs designed to provide relief
- First worked on helping banks
- Introduces federal regulations on banking, insuring money
- Longest serving President in US History
- "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
- Formed make work projects: Building of the Hoover Damn, Highways
- Franklin died of a brain hemorrhage in 1945 before the end of WWII