Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president of the United States from 1933 to his death in 1945. A democrat, he was responsible for spearheading legislation that helped to alleviate the Great Depression in the United States. His critics accused him of either going too far toward socialism or no...
did not directly address the needs of African Americans in the Great Depression and discriminated against African Americans, the New Deal DID provide some relief for African Americans; just enough to swing their political loyalty from the Republican Party (party of Lincoln) t...
They legislation came together in a bipartisan compromise led by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican, and House Speaker Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, a Democrat representing Massachusetts. President Ronald Reagan signs the Social Security Act Amendment into law on April 20, 1983. Corbis | Getty ...
United States presidential election of 1944 was an American presidential election held on November 7, 1944, in which Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey and thus secured his fourth term as president.