Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)

"Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have
to fear is fear itself." -First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933

Franklin Roosevelt was the longest-serving U.S. president, winning four consecutive terms in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944. Well-schooled in adversity, Roosevelt's eloquence, leadership, and tenacious spirit guided the country out of the Great Depression and through the turmoil of WWII, in spite of the physical limitations imposed on him by polio, which left him wheelchair bound in 1921.
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Articles:
Franklin D.Roosevelt
Source:
 Great Neck Biography
Accession Number:
 17887500
Lexile:
 1390
Database(s):
 History Reference Center; Primary Search
A New Deal for Americans
Source:
 Cobblestone (Apr. 2005 Vol. 26 Issue 4 p. 6)
Accession Number:
 16735213
Lexile:
 930
Database(s):
 Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra-School Edition
"A New Deal for America"
Source:
 Time for Kids, Mar. 2002 Supplement, Vol. 7 Issue 18
Accession Number:
 17988993
Lexile:
 930
Database(s):
 Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra-School Edition,
Speech:
Inspirational address given to the people of the United States
(The First Inaugural Address of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Source:
 Essential Speeches, 2003
Accession Number:
 8868613
Lexile:
 1100
Database(s):
 History Reference Center, Primary Search, Middle Search Plus,
MAS Ultra-School Edition
Video:
Roosevelt: On Challenge to New Generations - 1935
Source:
 Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, 1935
Accession Number:
 1503
Database(s):
 History Reference Center