As the torch passes to Harry Truman, our Month of Roosevelt reaches its end. Unfortunately, Truman was tasked with the unenviable challenge of living up to Franklin Roosevelt's legacy, all while taking on America's greatest rival - the damn Commies! If he wins this one, it would be the greatest polling upset of all time!
Franklin Roosevelt’s bid for a fourth term coincided with America’s first wartime presidential election since 1864. In his twelve years, he faced two of the country’s greatest challenges. Did he deserve to stay at the helm? The Last Four Years Although he maintained an official position of neutrality on World War II, Roosevelt instituted the … Continue reading 1944 – FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT VS THOMAS DEWEY
After Franklin Roosevelt served his two terms, America was eager to find out who their next president would be. Who could possibly succeed one of the most popular presidents of all time? Wait, he's doing what now?!
Franklin Roosevelt took office during America’s greatest financial crisis. Unemployment was at 25% and the country was in the midst of another wave of bank failures. But was the New Deal really the magic solution to America's problems? Let’s find out!
In the 1920s, Republicans won three elections in a row. The economy was great and postwar conflict had been avoided! The good times would last forever! Right??
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