2. Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR, as he was also called, was the only president elected four times. He served for more than 12 years, longer than any other person. Roosevelt became president during the Great Depression, which was a hard time for the American economy . One out of four workers had lost their jobs and many families had no money to buy food or clothes. President Roosevelt created a programme called the New Deal in which the government helped poor people, gave them work and paid for food and shelter.

President Roosevelt tried to keep America out of World War II, but when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour the United States entered the war. Roosevelt was a strong leader throughout the war. He died shortly before the war ended in 1945.



Franklin D. Roosevelt
Image:  Photograph: Leon A. Perskiedigitization: FDR Presidential Library & Museum, CC BY 2.0,
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Words

  • economy = the system of buying and selling goods in a country
  • elect = choose by the people
  • government = the people who rule a country
  • Great Depression = period ofter the stock market crash of 1929; the time before the Second World War, in which millions of people all over the world were out of work and many were poor
  • serve = here: to be president
  • shelter = a place to live and sleep
  • throughout = in the whole ...