In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing their place in the White House. The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular ...

During the Great Depression, African Americans were disproportionately affected by unemployment: they were the first fired and the last hired. After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute hi ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt held the office of president longer than anyone, more than twelve years. Under his direction, the ...

(Getty Images) When President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress enacted the Social Security system in the depths of the ...

Roosevelt was proactive in dealing with the effects of the Great Depression. He came up with a new set of policies known as the New Deal. close New DealThe name of the policies put in place from ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the greatest presidents in U.S. history. He not only guided the country ...

During his time in the White House, President Franklin D. Roosevelt liked to keep things simple with his meal choices, and ...

Roosevelt in the wake of the Great Depression. "This is the way President Franklin Delano Roosevelt chose to lead, and his example inspires me," Adams said on Tuesday. "In the years after the ...