Scholastic Book of Presidents 2020 by George Sullivan

Author:George Sullivan [Sullivan, George]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

1929 - Stock market selling panic preceded the Great Depression

1929 - Richard Byrd made South Pole flight

1932 - Amelia Earhart completed first transatlantic solo flight by a woman

1932–1933 - Congress proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution: President’s term of office to begin on January 20 (rather than March 4) (1932); ratification completed January 23 (1933)

Born: January 30, 1882

Birthplace: Hyde Park, New York

Previous experience: Public official, lawyer, governor

Political party: Democrat

Term of office: March 4, 1933–April 12, 1945

Died: April 12, 1945

Much was expected of Franklin Roosevelt when he entered the White House. “Happy Days Are Here Again” had been the Democrats’ campaign song. But this was the worst depression in the nation’s history. No community was without its failed businesses, closed banks, and bread lines of the unemployed. Gray despair cloaked the entire nation.

Roosevelt talked to the people by radio in “fireside chats.” (There was no television then.) His words were soothing and confident. “This great nation will revive,” he declared.

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