LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Latin America
built 606 days ago
Although born against a background of millions in riches, Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated his life to improving the welfare of the little fellow--to the protection of millions of under-privileged fellow Americans from economic injustices. He was the champion of the oppressed--of the underdog.
Source:
Roosevelt used his personal charisma to build support for intervention. America should be the "Arsenal of Democracy," he told his fireside audience. In August, Roosevelt openly defied the Neutrality Acts by passing the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, which gave 50 American destroyers to Britain in exchange for base rights in the British Caribbean islands. This was a precursor of the March 1941 Lend-Lease agreement which began to direct massive military and economic aid to Britain, the Republic of China and the Soviet Union.
Source:
The first Roosevelt came to America in 1649. His name was Claes Rosenfelt. He was a Jew. Nicholas, the son of Claes was the ancestor of both Franklin and Theodore. He married a Jewish girl, named Kunst, in 1682. Nicholas had a son named Jacobus Rosenfeld..." (The Corvallis Gazette Times of Corballis, Oregon).
Source:
The Atlantic's 100 Most Influential Americans List begins in ranking order with Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and John Marshall. Every panelist cast a vote for these seven figures, proving that a political career was the surest way to a historical legacy.
Source:
By March 4, 1933, when Roosevelt was inaugurated at the age of 51, the economic situation was desperate. Between 13 and 15 million Americans were unemployed. Of these, between 1 and 2 million persons were wandering about the country looking for jobs. Hundreds of thousands squatted in tents or ramshackle dwellings in "Hoovervilles," makeshift villages on the outskirts of cities. Panic-stricken people hoping to rescue their deposits had forced 38 states to close their banks.
Source:
Roosevelt clashed with then-Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge over enlisting blacks in the "tree army," the nickname for the CCC. Talmadge steadfastly refused to allow African-Americans in the program, in spite of an unemployment rate twice that of whites, until Roosevelt threatened to pull all federal aid from the state. Talmadge quickly gave in, but strained relations were not politically productive for Roosevelt, who eventually backed down from his stance. By 1936, thanks in part to the stimulus provided by the Roosevelt programs, the economy had improved, but was nowhere near the levels of the 1920's.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Latin America