Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms Speech

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The “Four Freedoms” William Allen White said: "Liberty is the only thing you can not have unless you give it to others". Freedom is a word that is worth gold and breaks chains when it runs without distinction of people. Franklin Delano Roosevelt born in January 30 of 1882. Political who belonged to the Democratic Party of the United States; he was the 32nd President of his country. He started studying law at the University of Harvard, but then he changed laws to politics. Elected senator in 1911 and named secretary of the navy in 1912. Also, he was a candidate for President in 1920, but he lost and in 1928, elected governor of New York. During the Greatest Depression of 1929 and his commitment to a new policy, known as the New Deal, which were different programs that helped the bad economy the United States was suffering in that time, the New Deal focused on the “three Rs”: Relief, Recovery and Reform. That is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression . Roosevelt was very concerned about the workers salaries, their hours of jobs and conditions in which they lived. The New Deal helped Roosevelt winning the trust of the American people who led him to run the country and become the 32nd President of the United States. After overcoming the Great Depression, he worked hard to convert the United States in the first power of the world. In 1933, Roosevelt and the Soviet Union were allies in response to the threat of the Germans Nazi’s of Hitler; he started launching a series of measures to prepare the country for a possible armed conflict, measures as a rest of his army, the economy of a war, and alignment with other democratic pow... ... middle of paper ... ...Cited Berkin, Carol. Making America. a History of the United States. Learning: Cengage, 2011. Print. "Depression, Great." Encyclopedia of World Poverty. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2006. Credo Reference. Web. 29 November 2013. "Ernest Benn Quote." Quonation. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. "Four Freedoms." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Nov. 2013. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. "Great Depression." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Nov. 2013. Web. 27 Nov. 2013. Jenkins, Roy, and Richard E. Neustadt. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. New York: Times, 2003. Print. "New Deal." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Nov. 2013. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. Roosevelt, Franklin. "The Four Freedoms" Vol. 2. N.p.: Nunn Mcginty, n.d. Print "URSS." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Nov. 2013. Web. 27 Nov. 2013. "William Allen White Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013.

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