Roosevelt is Elected The election of 1932 saw President Hoover unseated by Franklin Roosevelt Hoover was widely blamed for the Depression Roosevelt promised A New Deal Meant to remind people of The Square Deal advocated by Teddy Roosevelt ID: 565528
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Presidential Profile: Franklin D. RooseveltSlide2
Roosevelt is ElectedThe election of 1932 saw President Hoover unseated by Franklin Roosevelt.
Hoover was widely blamed for the Depression.Roosevelt promised “A New Deal”
Meant to remind people of “The Square Deal” advocated by Teddy Roosevelt.Slide3
Roosevelt is Elected
Electoral MapSlide4Slide5
Roosevelt and Hoover on Inauguration DaySlide6
The New Deal Roosevelt campaigned on sweeping new policies that would lift Americans out of the Depression.
His first inaugural address set a tone of optimism.Slide7
The First 100 daysRoosevelt hits the ground running.
With majorities in the House and Senate, Roosevelt passes a series of major laws in the first 100 days that he was in office. The Congress passed every plan that Roosevelt sent to them.
Set a precedent by which all future Presidents would be judged. Slide8
The New Deal = New PowersThe programs enacted by Roosevelt brought Executive Branch power to new heights.
Continues to shape America today. Goal was to reassure people and stabilize the economy. Slide9
Court-Packing ScandalThe Supreme Court was more conservative than Roosevelt
Declared two New Deal programs unconstitutionalRoosevelt wanted to make sure that the court would not challenge his ideas.In 1933 he proposed adding 6 new justices to the Court to tip the balance in his favor.Slide10
Franklin Roosevelt: The Man
Born in 1882 to an extremely wealthy New York family
Was a distant relation of President Theodore Roosevelt
Served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and eventually Governor of New York.Slide11
Roosevelt and Polio
In 1921, Roosevelt, at 39 years old, contracted polio.
He
lost and never regained the use of his legs.
Relied on assistance whenever he needed to stand.
A closely guarded secret by reporters in Washington