Franklin D.

Roosevelt: Americas Most Popular President

Emily Leding

Primary:
Committee of finance. In the Senate of the United States: An Act. Washington, DC: Senator
Files, 1937.
I have used this source for an act that Roosevelt passed during his presidency. I
will help explain how an act is passed and it is the documentation of the act that
deals with sugar trade in the United States. This will play into his leadership and
legacy.
Department of Justice. Summary of a Bill To Prevent Unfair Methods of Competition in
Commerce, to Amend the Federal Trade Commission Act, and For Other Purposes.
Washington, DC: Senator Files, 1937.
I have utilized this source for information on the Federal Trade Commission. This
source will also help conclude information on how the FTC affected the Great
Depression. This will be used on information during Franklin D. Roosevelts
presidency.
Duca, John V. The Money Market Meltdown of the Great Depression. Journal of Money,
Credit & Banking 2/3, no. 45 (2013): 493-504.
I have used this source for the two graphs and three pictures it has. They give
stastics for money during the time. This will be used for economy during the
Great Depression.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. The New Deal Urges the Expansion of the Social Security Act.
Congressional Digest 18 no. 5 (1939): 140-144
This source is the documents of the article entitled The New Deal Urges the
Expansion of the Social Security Act. This source explains Roosevelts
recommendations on expanding the Social Security Act to help with the nation
during the Great Depression. This ties into his legacy because Social Security is a
major aspect of the American economy today and the New Deal.
The White House Records. Bills in Congress (1933-1939). Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington,
DC: Senator Files, 1935.
I have used this source to find and get basics on various bills and acts Roosevelt
passed. It gives information on nine different acts, bills, or amendments. I plan on
using this for other accomplishments Roosevelt did during his presidency and
how some of the acts are active today.
The White House Records. Bills to be PassedDiscussed at Conference With President Sunday
Evening. Washington, DC: Senator Files, 1935.
This source gives information on the bills that were going to be passed in 1935. It
also has the statics of the money for that year spent on various items. This will go
in the accomplishments of Roosevelts presidency and small amount of his
legacy.
Secondary:
Allswang, John M. The New Deal and American Politics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978.
I have utilized this source for details on Americas voting trends before the
election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. This book gave specifics on elections of

Republicans in office and how it began to change when he was voted into office.
This will tie into the legacy of Roosevelt and America before his presidency.
Dembo, Jonathan. The Making of the New Deal: The Insiders Speak, Edited by Katie
Louchheim. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983.
This source provides information on the New Deal. It explains how Hoovers
Reconstruction Finance Corporation is often times interchanged with the New
Deal and why people will sometimes give credit to Hoover for the New Deal.
This will appear in the making of the New Deal.
Feinberg, Barbara S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gallant President. New York: Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard Books, 1981.
I have utilized this source for a specific example of how Roosevelt left an impact
on the nation. The example is of Harry S. Truman creating the Fair Deal based
on the New Deal Roosevelt had created. This ties into the legacy Roosevelt left on
the nation.
Folsom, Burton W. New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDRs Economic Legacy has
Damaged America. New York: Threshold Editions, 2008.
I have used this source to take into account the bad the New Deal did for the
nation and how that impacted the economy today. This book gives specifics on
how the New Deal affected the people in the nation, such as farmers, and how that
economically affected the nation then and how it continues to affect the nation
today. This ties into the legacy Roosevelt left on the nation and the New Deal.
Freedman, Russell. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. New York: Clarion Books, 1990.
I have used this source for facts on how he diplomatically dealt with Hitler and
the NAZIS. It explains what Roosevelt did, how he did not like war, and how he
tried to stay out of oversea crises. This will show other accomplishments he made
during his presidency other than the New Deal.
Gilbert, Adrian. Franklin D. Roosevelt: From New Deal to World Statesman. Austin: Raintree
Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 2002.
This source provides information on his road to presidency. It explains his start at
governor for New York leading up to run for presidency. This information ties in
with Roosevelts life and actions before presidency, and his impact on the nation
by being a Democratic to run and win the president title.
Haugen, Brenda. Flanklin Delano Roosevelt: The New Deal President. Minneapolis: Compass
Point Books, 2006.
I have used this source for the early years of Roosevelts life. I gave facts about
his childhood, high school years, college years, family life, and marriage. The
facts from this book will appear in background about Roosevelt.
Leuchtenburg, William E. The FDR Years: On Roosevelt and his Legacy. New York:
Columbia University Press, 1995.
I have utilized this source for information on the TVAs. It gives specifics on
what they are, what each of them is, and why they are important to Roosevelt.
This will tie into Roosevelts presidency and be another major act his presidency.
Rauch, Basil. The History of the New Deal 1933-1938. New York: Creative Age Press, 1944.
I used this book to gain specifics on what the New Deal was supposed to do for
the nation. This source breaks the New Deal down into its two parts and
thoroughly describes the plans for the economy of the United States. This will tie

into life during his presidency by describing the great depression and the New
Deal.
Taylor, Nick. American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the
Nation to Work. New York: Bantam Books, 2008.
This source provides information on the Works Progress Administration. It
explains how Roosevelt provided jobs to those who could work and the legacy of
the WPA. This will appear in the New Deal, Roosevelts legacy, and
accomplishments during his presidency.
External Links:
Peters, Gerhard and John T. Wooley. Harry S. Truman: Address Broadcast to the Armed
Forces. The American Presidency Project. Accessed November 5, 2014,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/mediaplay.php?id=12216&admin=33
I have used this source as an external link. It is a speech by Harry S. Truman
talking to the armed forces about Roosevelts death. I have used it as an external
link to allow the viewer to listen at their choice.
Images:
Image 1: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt
Image 2: http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/photodb/09-2106a.gif
Image 3: http://fdrsuite.org/annual%20lecture.html
Image 4: http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/images/photodb/fdr300.gif
Image 5: http://research.archives.gov/description/541927
Image 6: http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm
Image 7: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012646827/
Image 8: http://research.archives.gov/description/520053
Image 9: http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3c23278/
Image 10: http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b14914/
Image 11: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=391
Image 12: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0412.html
Title Picture: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/education/resources/bio_fdr.html