Franklin Delano Roosevelt Biography and Timeline

Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Birth of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born at Hyde Park, New York.

Franklin Roosevelt Born

The future Democratic president is born into the Roosevelt family.

Colorado River Compact

The Colorado River Compact for construction of the Hoover Dam splits the river basin into upper and lower halves with the states within each region deciding how the water would be divided

Hoover Dam

The Colorado River Compact for construction of the Hoover Dam splits the river basin into upper and lower halves with the states within each region deciding how the water would be divided

Hoover Dam

A commission is formed with a representative from each of the Basin states and one from the Federal Government, the federal representative is Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of State for Commerce under President Warren Harding

Election

Wins good majorities in the House & the Senate, unprecedented in US history. Wins 22 million votes

Role range: 1933-1945

Inauguration

Inaugurated President of the USA

Role range: 1933-1945

National Bank Holiday

Roosevelt suspends banking transactions while authorities examine institutions before reopening them.

Role range: 1933-1945

Economy of USA

US banks close for 4 days due to a financial crisis. US banks close for 4 days due to a finacial crisis

Role range: 1933-1945

National Bank Holiday

Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday to halt the banking panic and give federal authorities time to examine institutions before permitting sound banks to reopen.

Role range: 1933-1945

Emergency Banking Act

The Act provides federal procedures for reopening solvent banks and supporting financial institutions.

Role range: 1933-1945

Economy of USA

Banks are closed, only "sound" institutions associated with the Federal Reserve remain

Role range: 1933-1945

Emergency Banking Act Gold Controls

The Emergency Banking Act gives Roosevelt broad authority over domestic and international gold movements as the administration confronts banking panic and reserve losses.

Role range: 1933-1945

Emergency Banking Act

Roosevelt signs the Emergency Banking Act, which strengthens federal control over the banking emergency and permits Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency backed by qualifying assets.

Role range: 1933-1945

Federal Reserve

Banks are closed, only "sound" institutions associated with the Federal Reserve remain

Role range: 1933-1945

Banking Crisis Fireside Chat

Roosevelt uses a national radio address to explain the bank holiday and the reopening process, helping restore public confidence in banks that federal examiners and the Federal Reserve considered able to resume business.

Role range: 1933-1945

Executive Order 6102

The order requires most privately held monetary gold to be delivered to authorised institutions.

Role range: 1933-1945

Gold Surrender

Executive Order 6102 requires most privately held monetary gold to be surrendered for currency.

Role range: 1933-1945

Monetary Gold Surrender Order

Executive Order 6102 requires most privately held monetary gold to be delivered to banks or the Treasury, centralising the nation's gold stock under federal control.

Role range: 1933-1945

Economy of USA

Roosevelt prohibits gold exports and redemption, formally suspending the United States gold standard.

Role range: 1933-1945

Public Works

Goes on TV & describes plans to give work to 1/4 million unemployed

Role range: 1933-1945

Tennessee Valley Authority

The TVA begins integrated development of electricity, navigation and flood control.

Role range: 1933-1945

Securities Act

The Securities Act requires disclosure for many securities offered to the public.

Role range: 1933-1945

Civilian Conservation Corps

Creates the Civilian Conservation Corps to reduce unemployment

Role range: 1933-1945

Economy of USA

Creates the Civilian Conservation Corps to reduce unemployment. Creates the civilian conservation corps to reduce unemployment

Role range: 1933-1945

New Deal

Creates the Civilian Conservation Corps to reduce unemployment

Role range: 1933-1945

Public Works

Creates the Civilian Conservation Corps to reduce unemployment

Role range: 1933-1945

Banking Act of 1933

Roosevelt signs the Banking Act of 1933, separating important commercial and investment banking activities and creating federal deposit insurance while reshaping the regulatory environment surrounding the Federal Reserve.

Role range: 1933-1945

Banking Act of 1933

The Act separates major commercial and investment-banking activities and creates deposit insurance.

Role range: 1933-1945

Economy of USA

The National Recovery Act is passed by Congress

Role range: 1933-1945

Legislation

The National Recovery Act is passed by Congress

Role range: 1933-1945

National Recovery Act

The National Recovery Act is passed by Congress

Role range: 1933-1945

Legislation

Introduces to Congress the National Industrial Recovery Bill to increase employment

Role range: 1933-1945

National Industrial Recovery Bill

Introduces to Congress the National Industrial Recovery Bill to increase employment

Role range: 1933-1945

New Deal

Introduces to Congress the National Industrial Recovery Bill to increase employment

Role range: 1933-1945

Public Works

Introduces to Congress the National Industrial Recovery Bill to increase employment

Role range: 1933-1945

London Monetary Stabilisation Rejected

Roosevelt rejects immediate international currency stabilisation at the London Economic Conference, weakening prospects for an early restoration of the old international gold system.

Role range: 1933-1945

Economy of USA

Introduces the National Industrial Recovery Bill to Congress

Role range: 1933-1945

Legislation

Introduces the National Industrial Recovery Bill to Congress

Role range: 1933-1945