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  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Recorded December 8, 1941. Franklin Delano Roosevelt[a](January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United Statesfrom 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms.

  3. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

  4. National Youth Administration - Wikipedia

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    Illinois is misspelled. The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency sponsored by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency. It focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25. [1] It operated from June 26, 1935, to 1939 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) [2] and included a ...

  5. Four Freedoms - Wikipedia

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    The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech and expression.

  6. Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, first and second terms

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    t. e. The first term of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933, when he was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the second term of his presidency ended on January 20, 1941, with his inauguration to a third term. Roosevelt, the Democratic governor of the largest state, New York, took office after ...

  7. Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 - Wikipedia

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    Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 8, 1935. The Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was passed on April 8, 1935, as a part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 's New Deal. It was a large public works program that included the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the National Youth Administration, the Resettlement Administration ...

  8. Federal Emergency Relief Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was a program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, building on the Hoover administration 's Emergency Relief and Construction Act. It was replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). During the Hoover Administration, the federal government gave loans to the ...

  9. Second Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Second Bill of Rights or Bill of Economic Rights was proposed by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 11, 1944. [1] In his address, Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognise and should now implement, a second "bill of rights".