Roosevelt as President
"There is nothing to fear but fear itself" -FDR
1882-1945
Presidency 1933-1945
DURING HIS PRESIDENCY ROOSEVELT:
- Launched the New Deal, a wide-ranging domestic reform and recovery program to deal with the effects of the Great Depression
- Carried out a "Good Neighbor Policy" of concern for the rights of Latin American countries.
- Signed the Lend-Lease Act of 1941, authorizing the government to provide military and economic aid to nations fighting against the Axis powers in World War II.
- Declared war against Japan and the other Axis powers in December 1941 after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
- Participated in the Tehran and Yalta Conferences, devising World War II military strategy with the leaders of Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
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Beginning of the New Deal
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