FDR's First Inaugural Address: Declaring War on the Great Depression
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- Subject:
- Humanities, Social Sciences
- Institution Name:
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Collection:
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary
- Abstract:
This lesson includes Franklin Roosevelt's first inaugural address, in which he said, I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis [the Depression] broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.
- Course Type:
- Learning Module
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Curriculum Standards, Lesson Plans
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- Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML
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- Public Domain
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