By Ciara P., Allie W., JoJo W., and

Bo S.

The United States of AmericaInterwar Era: 1919-1939

Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd president

(1933-1945)

Woodrow Wilson28th President(1913-1921)

Herbert Hoover31st president (1929- 1933)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt(FDR)

the 32nd President of the USA

(1933-1945)

Early Years

Born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York.

Dad, James Roosevelt, died in 1900

Mother, Sara Roosevelt died in 1941

Childhood interests in forestry helped found Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Rise to Power

1913-1920 assistant secretary of the Navy

Contracted polio in 1921 and was paralyzed for the rest of his life.

1911-1913 New York state senator

1928 Elected governor of the New York

Rise to Power

July 2, 1932- Roosevelt flies from Albany to Chicago to accept the Democratic nomination for President. He pledges “a New Deal for the American people.”

November 8, 1932- Roosevelt is elected President of the United States, defeating Herbert Hoover.

February 15, 1933- Guiseppe Zangara makes an assassination attempt in Miami, Florida, but Roosevelt is unhurt.

Leadership Style

Democratic president for 4 presidential terms, longest.

Very strong and influential leader.

He flourished as a courageous and skillful political contender.

Known as a modern president.

Death: April 12, 1945

He was in Warm Springs, Georgia, at the founding conference of the United Nations

Earlier that day he said “I have a terrific pain in the back of my head.”

He died of a cerebral hemorrhage (stroke).

Legacy: New Role Model

Expanded role for government and economy.

Increased government regulation to protect environment and prevent corruption.

Social security system, seniors have income and benefits.

Great Depression, stock market crashed which created problems producing and consuming products.

First President to actually make the citizens to see him as a high authority figure in their nation’s future.

U.S. 1920’s Interwar Status

All Quiet on the Western Front was when WWI ended, this was also when Woodrow Wilson presented his 14 points, and proposed the League of Nations (which as used to help prevent further world wars.)

The roaring Twenties- was a time period of social, artistic, and cultural drive. It was also a time in which politics returned to normal.

Flappers were women during this time that started to make a name for themselves unacceptable behavior. (short skirts, bobbed hair, etc.)

Jazz Age was a time when Jazz music and dance emerged, there were flappers, gangsters, speakeasies (those who established a system of illegally sells alcoholic beverages.

U.S. 1920’s Interwar Status

18th & 19th Amendments:◦ 18th Amendment was the prohibition (manufacturing, sale and

transportation of liquor) of intoxicating beverages, 1919. Excluded religious purposes. Later, it was repealed.

◦ 19th Amendment is women voting, 1920.

Red Scare was the nationwide fear of communist, socialists, and anarchists.

Kellogg-Briand Pact was the agreement to not use war as an instrument of a national policy, 1928. most states signed but lack of enforceability made it useless.

Harlem Renaissance is the “New Negro Movement”, the celebration of African-American heritage expressed through art, literature and dance.

U.S. 1930’s Interwar Status

New Deal is a series of economic programs applied in the U.S.

Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting or abolishing weapons.

QuizMultiple Choice:1. FDR was the _______ President of the U.S.A.

a) 28th

b) 31st

c) 36th

d) 32nd

2. The Great Depression was when ____________________.a) Wall streets’ stock market crashed causing problems

economically, and in their ability to produce and consume products.

b) Innocent people were put in jail.c) Weapons were abolished.d) People gained enormous amounts of money.

3. A flapper is a woman who began to ___________.a) Behave unacceptably.b) Wore short skirts and bobbed their hair.c) Listened to jazz music.d) All of the above.

4. The 19th amendment of the U.S. constitution stated that _________ may vote.a) White men.b) Women.c) Land owners.d) Everybody.

5. The 18th amendment prohibited the sale of intake of __________________ in the U.S.e) Illegal drugs.f) Water.g) Intoxicating liquors.h) Whiskey.

6. The Jazz Age was when ____________.i) Jazz music and dance emerged.j) Jazz music and dance was outlawed.k) Jazz music and dance were the only type of entertainment allowed.l) Allowed drunkenness

7. Where was Franklin Delano Roosevelt born?a) Time Square, New York. b) Hyde Park, New York.c) Central Park, New York.d) 102 South Broadway, New York.

8. Which was not a title of Franklin Roosevelt?e) 43rd Governor of New York.f) 44th Governor of New Yorkg) 32nd President of the United States of America.h) Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy.

Fill In the Blank:

9. Franklin Roosevelt died from ____________.10. Roosevelt had ______________ which paralyzed him from the

waist down but it didn’t kill him.

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