Franklin D. Roosevelt

the Great Dression

• Deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history
• 1929 - 1939
• About 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed
• Lead to the Dust Bowl in the 1930s
• Started when the Stock Market Crashed   

Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Born on January 30, 1882
• Stricken with polio in 1921
• Longest running president

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Pros

• Created New Laws
• Made New Jobs
• The New Deal
• Improved Lives of American People
• Helped the unemployed

Cons

• Leaded to the Dust Bowl
• Millions of Unemployed 
• Many had to move
• Starvation

Work Cited

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt
• http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/p/greatdepression.htm
• http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-9463381