During the Great Depression, African Americans were disproportionately affected by unemployment: they were the first fired and the last hired. After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute hi ...

In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing their place in the White House. The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular ...

Campaign In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s place in the White House. Roosevelt’s ...

Despite growing up in an affluent family, FDR served as president during both the Great Depression and World War II, when food shortages and rationing were commonplace across the country.

President Herbert Hoover and first lady Lou Hoover hosted the traditional New Year’s Reception at the White House on ...

Roosevelt was proactive in dealing with the effects of the Great Depression. He came up with a new set of policies known as the New Deal. close New DealThe name of the policies put in place from ...

I think that we can perhaps meditate a little on those Americans ten thousand years from now , and I think they will still be ...

President Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as his exemption of North American trade agreement-protected goods, has led to a hands-off approach from Congress, which has been ...