1. By Edith Basave

2.  He was born in January 30, 1882.  HE was the 32 nd President  The first president to be reelected four times.  He died in April 12, 1945 of a cerebral hemorrhage.

3.  He was related to Theodore Roosevelt  Married his 5th cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt.  They had six children, but one died an infant.

4.  Got the U.S through the Great Depression.  Created the New Deal  Also created the Social Security Act.  Helped people get their jobs and homes back.

5.  The Great Depression had affected almost the whole nation in a lot of ways.  For example, many people lost their jobs and their homes.  His Solution was to began a series of reform programs called the New Deal, which helped many people get their lives together(Elkins).

6.  This act helped many elderly people get benefits from all their years of hard working.  It is believed Social Security Act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped (Unknown ).

7.  Above all, Roosevelt proposed the most successful idea ever, which was the New Deal.  Roosevelt had 20 agencies established in states that carried out the New Deal (Clark).  In particular, the federal government, for the first time, took strong action to help make the United States prosperous (Patterson).

8.  The New Deal and the Social Security Act caused problems.  With the Social Security Act, many took advantage and did not work.  With the New Deal, many believed that it would not work and that it would put the country in debt.

9.  The solution to the Social Security Act was to change the act, but still benefit people who deserved it.  There was not much to change about the New Deal.  The New Deal strengthen political areas (Rung).

10.  Clark, Bob. "FDR, Archivist." Prologue. Winter 2006: 52-57. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 12 May 2010.  Elkins, Elizabeth. "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Cobblestone Jan. 2010: 10+. Student Resource Center - Bronze. Web. 12 May 2010.  Franklin D. Roosevelt. Archive New Media. 01 Jan. 1933. eLibrary. Web. 01 Jun. 2010.  Patterson, James T. "Roosevelt, Franklin Delano." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 13 May 2010.  Rung, Margaret C. "New Deal." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 13 May 2010.  Unknown. “The National Archives.” Treasures of Congress. Web. 20 May 2010.