This document provides a summary of the life and presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It notes that he was elected to an unprecedented four terms as President of the United States from 1932 to 1945. During his terms, he responded to the Great Depression by implementing new reforms and passed the Lend-Lease Act to aid Allied powers in World War II without entering the war. Roosevelt ultimately died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1945 during his fourth term in office.
9. Entry to Politics FDR first entered into politics when he ran for the Senator-seat.
10. First Term November 1932 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform
11. Second Term In 1937 FDR was inaugurated Hitler invades Poland, sparking World War II
12. Third Term Franklin Roosevelt is re-elected to a third term with 54.7% of the vote campaigning on a promise not to send American troops into foreign wars. Under President Roosevelt, Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the US to aid the Allied Powers without entering into the war.
13. Fourth Term November 7, 1944 Franklin Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term with 53.4% of the popular vote. Franklin Roosevelt meets with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in Yalta to negotiate the post-war future of Europe. Franklin Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia.
14. Summary Roosevelt has been through 4 terms as president of the United States. He became the president in 1932, inaugurated in 1937. Passed Lend-Lease act. Then died of a hemorrhage in his fourth term as president.