After leading the United States through nearly a decade of Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took on the role of Commander-in-Chief when the United States entered the Second World War.

Learn more about the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt through the collection of political cartoons on this site.

A school site that shows a collection of editorial cartoons from the 1930s responding to the First Hundred Days of Roosevelt's presidency. Great primary source material for viewpoints of the day.

Looks at the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who held this office from 1933 to 1945, and his New Deal policies and initiatives that saw the United States through the Great Depression.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. He immediately embarked on an ambitious plan to get the country out of the Great Depression.

President Franklin Roosevelt's second inaugural address delivered in 1937. In this speech FDR calls for the nation to accept and prepare to move forward.

A transcription of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address delivered on March 4, 1933.

This website provides links to all of FDR's inaugural addresses, State of the Union addresses and Pearl Harbor speech.

Read about how this poster made and why it was issued by the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt.

Full text of the debates in the House and the Senate over the Social Security Act of 1935, proposed by President Roosevelt for economic relief and recovery as part of his New Deal. Each of the debates can be downloaded in PDF form.

This essay about Roosevelt begins with several quotes describing him. It looks at FDR's personal characteristics and gives some background on his presidency.

An exhibition that celebrates FDR's love for stamps and stamp collecting.

See the first page of the Social Security Act from the National Archives date stamped August 12, 1935. FDR signed the act into law two days later.

This exhibit allows us to see the first hundred days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's term as president. Includes photos and political cartoons.

President Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, the banking crisis address to the nation in May 1933. He presents his plans to end the trouble with the banks.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used to introduce or review the major aspects of the 1930's, including the Stock Market Crash, Hoover's presidency, the Bonus Army, the Dust Bowl, FDR and his New Deal Programs.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Deal.

Read about the conflict between the laws and regulations that were passed during Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and the interpretation of the commerce clause by the Supreme Court. Roosevelt had a plan to change the Supreme Court. See...

Black and white photograph of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1941.