Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 100 Days
Causes:
-Overproduction
-Stock Market
-Tariffs
-International Debt
-Weak European economy
Consequences of the Depression:
-Unemployment
-Bank failures and closures
-Government changes
-More tariffs
-Franklin Roosevelt introduced many new policies during first 100 days of office (federal insurance, banks)
-Introduces the New Deal
-Longest serving American President 1933-1945 (4 terms, died in his fourth)
-13 million unemployed when elected
-Infantile paralysis
-Dies of a brain hemorrhage in 1945 before WWII finishes
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
-Roosevelt
-Overproduction
-Stock Market
-Tariffs
-International Debt
-Weak European economy
Consequences of the Depression:
-Unemployment
-Bank failures and closures
-Government changes
-More tariffs
-Franklin Roosevelt introduced many new policies during first 100 days of office (federal insurance, banks)
-Introduces the New Deal
-Longest serving American President 1933-1945 (4 terms, died in his fourth)
-13 million unemployed when elected
-Infantile paralysis
-Dies of a brain hemorrhage in 1945 before WWII finishes
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
-Roosevelt