2.  In 1910 Roosevelt was elected to the New York State Senate  When WWI started Roosevelt resigned from the Senate and became the Assistant Secretary of the Navy  In 1920 Roosevelt was nominated as vice president to run with James Cox but lost to the Republicans  In 1928 Roosevelt was elected as governor of New York and then reelected in 1930

3.  As governor Roosevelt responded to the depression by starting government welfare and temporary emergency relief administration

4.  In 1929 the stock market crashed and would send the US into the Great Depression  President Herbert Hoover did nothing to help the country get out of the problem it was in  The key issue of the election of 1932 was how to help the country get out of the Great Depression

7.  In 1936 the economy was still down and 8 million people were without jobs  By 1936 Roosevelt had lost most of his supporters in the business community because he supported the Wagner Act and the Social Security Act  The Republicans had few candidates to stand up to Roosevelt in 1936

8.  When the Republicans attacked Roosevelt he stood fast with his New Deal protecting the average American from the rich › Roosevelt said, “Never before have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred."  Roosevelt put together the “New Deal Coalition” it consisted of: › Catholics, blacks, northern Jews, labor union members, southern Protestants, small farmers, liberals, and radicals  This group would power the Democrats for the next 30 years

10.  In 1940 Roosevelt decided to run again breaking the tradition of 8 years set by George Washington  Roosevelt said he would only run if Europe deteriorated further › This was answered with the Nazis invading Western Europe and defeating France  The Republicans nominated Wendell L. Willkie › He opposed Roosevelt's public power polices but agreed with most of the New Deal legislation › He also agreed with Roosevelt's domestic and foreign agenda

11.  Roosevelt looked strong even though he did most of his campaigning form the White House  Willkie challenged that if Roosevelt won a third term then the US would surely go to war  Roosevelt countered this and said that he would not send America to fight in any foreign war

13.  In the middle of war Roosevelt said that he would run for a fourth term  In this election even Democrats who had been suspicious of Roosevelt’s liberalism were backing him  Roosevelt decided against running with his current Vice president fearing that it would cause problems in the party  He decided to run with Harry Truman who had backing form the south and big city bosses

14.  The Republicans nominated Thomas Dewey the governor from New York State  He attacked Roosevelt with his age saying that he was a “tired old man”  The war was still on and Roosevelt urged his voters not to “change horses in midstream”

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