Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 13, 2006



Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the 32nd President of the United States and was elected to four terms in office. He served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only President to serve more than two terms. A central figure of the 20th century, he is ranked by scholarly surveys among the three greatest U.S. Presidents. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Roosevelt created the New Deal to provide relief for the unemployed, recovery of the economy, and reform of the economic system. Roosevelt built the New Deal coalition that dominated politics into the 1960s. After 1938, Roosevelt championed re-armament and led the nation away from isolationism as the world headed into World War II. He provided extensive support to Winston Churchill and the British war effort before the attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the U.S. into the fighting. As the Allies neared victory, Roosevelt played a critical role in shaping the post-war world, particularly through the Yalta Conference and the creation of the United Nations. Roosevelt died on the eve of victory in World War II and was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman. (more...)

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