Franklin D. Roosevelt: State of the Union Address (1942)
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 -- April 12, 1945), also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States (1933--1945) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century. More: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=bb81c3c891f3b09bf4ddbb6fdeb8b470&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=fdr He led the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. A dominant leader of the Democratic Party and the only American president elected to more than two terms, he built a New Deal Coalition that realigned American politics after 1932, as his domestic policies defined American liberalism for the middle third of the 20th century. With the bouncy popular song "Happy Days Are Here Again" as his campaign theme, FDR defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover in November 1932, at the depth of the Great Depression. Energized by his personal victory over polio, FDR's unfailing optimism and activism contributed to a renewal of the national spirit.[1] Assisted by key aide Harry Hopkins, he worked closely with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin in leading the Allies against Nazi Germany and Japan in World War II. The war ended the depression and restored prosperity. In his first hundred days in office, which began March 4, 1933, Roosevelt spearheaded major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal—a variety of programs designed to produce relief (government jobs for the unemployed), recovery (economic growth), and reform (through regulation of Wall Street, banks and transportation). The economy improved rapidly from 1933 to 1937, but then relapsed into a deep recession. The bipartisan Conservative Coalition that formed in 1937 prevented his packing the Supreme Court or passing any considerable legislation; it abolished many of the relief programs when unemployment diminished during World War II. Most of the regulations on business were ended about 1975--85, except for the regulation of Wall Street by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which still exists. Along with several smaller programs, major surviving programs include the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which was created in 1933, and Social Security, which Congress passed in 1935. As World War II loomed after 1938, with the Japanese invasion of China and the aggression of Nazi Germany, FDR gave strong diplomatic and financial support to China and Great Britain, while remaining officially neutral. His goal was to make America the "Arsenal of Democracy" which would supply munitions to the Allies. In March 1941, Roosevelt, with Congressional approval, provided Lend-Lease aid to the countries fighting against Nazi Germany with Britain. With very strong national support, he made war on Japan and Germany after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, calling it a "date which will live in infamy". He supervised the mobilization of the U.S. economy to support the Allied war effort. As an active military leader, Roosevelt implemented an overall war strategy on two fronts that ended in the defeat of the Axis Powers and the development of the world's first atom bomb. In 1942 Roosevelt ordered the internment of 100,000 Japanese American civilians. Unemployment dropped to 2%, relief programs largely ended, and the industrial economy grew rapidly to new heights as millions of people moved to new jobs in war centers, and 16 million men and 300,000 women were drafted or volunteered for military service. Roosevelt dominated the American political scene not only during the twelve years of his presidency, but also for decades afterward. He orchestrated the realignment of voters that created the Fifth Party System. FDR's New Deal Coalition united labor unions, big city machines, white ethnics, African Americans and rural white Southerners. He also influenced the later creation of the United Nations and Bretton Woods. Roosevelt is consistently rated by scholars as one of the top three U.S. Presidents, along with Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. A liberal Democrat, Roosevelt defined his ideological position as "a little left of center."[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDR
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It was obvious then as it should be now that it's bad to attack other countries. Our country has already trangressed this morality. we are now the bad guys. How sad.
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1940s america so cool
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Damn this speech gave me goosebumps
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Want someone who is comparable to FDR's great legacy today? Vote Bernie!
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freedom of speech? that died after ww2 with all the politically correct laws brought in by your communist er i mean liberal buddies
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superb speaker--inspired confidence in the nation when it most needed it. amazing democracy hung on the balance of the fortitude of one man--and one in a wheel chair at that--amazing man and leader.
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I wonder if anyone else watches these more than once.
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Shameless lies to trick men into slaughter for their handlers.
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Amazing! ALL WHITE MALE!
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74 years ago today this speech was spoken, i am so glad that video and audio recording was invented and available to record this, what a wonderful time to be alive in the united states, we were a real force to be reckoned with, and what a wonderful president!
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I hope this speech will help me fill out my exeam project last 4 pages
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120.000 planes 75.000 tanks ! in one year
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This man had one hell of a vocabulary.. And knew what needed to be Done to assure we won the war..this speech was very motivational for the labourers to produce more and faster so that we could overwhelm the enemy...
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the last great president next to FDR in my humble opinion was Ronald Reagan.... our country has gone down hill ever since........ God speed USA
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FDR WAS AN AMAZING ICON. PRIVILEGED TO BE OF THE ELITE CLASS BUT DETERMINED TO BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST PRESIDENTS IN HISTORY.
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Great Man.
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