Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 Assuming
the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt
helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought
hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural
Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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Lesson Plans | Primary
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Lesson Plans:
FDR
and the Supreme Court - This lesson provides a general structure
for thoughtfully reading and interrogating the letters sent to President
Roosevelt from constituents around the country. Through a variety
of tasks that might be combined or employed separately by teachers,
students are provided with an opportunity to share the impact of FDR's
controversial court proposal with those who experienced it first hand.
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The
Legacy of FDR's "Four Freedoms Speech - One of the most famous
political speeches on freedom in the twentieth century was delivered
by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union message
to Congress. The address is commonly known as the "Four Freedoms"
speech
Primary Source Documents:
Fireside Chat
on the Reorganization of the Supreme Court - Sixty years ago,
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent to Congress a bill to reorganize
the federal judiciary. It was soon dubbed the "court-packing
bill." On March 9, 1937, Roosevelt addressed the American public
on his plan.
Franklin
D. Roosevelt Primary Sources - Read Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in his own words, in this collection of writings and speeches. Also,
browse letters, propaganda posters and access oral histories from
1938-1939.
The
Papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt - The Avalon Project will mount
digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics,
Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only
static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting
documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.
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