Starting in his "First Hundred Days" in office, which began March 4, 1933, Roosevelt launched major legislation and a profusion of executive orders that gave form to the New Deal -- a complex, interlocking set of programs designed to produce relief (especially government jobs for the unemployed), recovery (of the economy), and reform (through regulation of Wall Street, banks and transportation). The economy improved rapidly from 1933 to 1937, but then went into a deep recession. The bipartisan Conservative Coalition that formed in 1937 prevented his packing the Supreme Court or passing much new legislation; it abolished many of the relief programs when unemployment practically ended during World War II. Most of the regulations on business were ended about 1975-85, except for the regulation of Wall Street by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which still exists. Along with several smaller programs, major surviving programs include the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which was created in 1933, and Social Security, which Congress passed in 1935.

As World War II loomed after 1938, with the Japanese invasion of China and the aggressions of Nazi Germany, FDR gave strong diplomatic and financial support to China and Britain, while remaining officially neutral. His goal was to make America the "Arsenal of Democracy" which would supply munitions to the Allies. In March 1941, Roosevelt, with Congressional approval, provided Lend-Lease aid to the countries fighting against Nazi Germany with Great Britain. He secured a near-unanimous declaration of war against Japan after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, calling it a "date which will live in infamy". He supervised the mobilization of the US economy to support the Allied war effort. Unemployment dropped to 2%, relief programs largely ended, and the industrial economy grew rapidly to new heights as millions of people moved to new jobs in war centers, and 16 million men (and 300,000 women) were drafted or volunteered for military service.

Roosevelt dominated the American political scene, not only during the twelve years of his presidency, but for decades afterward. He orchestrated the realignment of voters that created the Fifth Party System. FDR's New Deal Coalition united labor unions, big city machines, white ethnics, African Americans and rural white Southerners. Roosevelt's diplomatic impact also resonated on the world stage long after his death, with the United Nations and Bretton Woods as examples of his administration's wide-ranging impact. Roosevelt is consistently rated by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.

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FDR-123	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Blue text The Friends Of Franklin Roosevelt over portrait Manufacturer: Size: 3/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $18.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-132	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Center portrait w/PAC Symbol on upper right forehead and OK in red circle on left side of chin Manufacturer: Size: 5/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $18.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-132	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Center portrait w/PAC Symbol on upper right forehead and OK in red circle on left side of chin Manufacturer: Size: 5/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $18.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
!!!SOLD!!!	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice w/minor tiny surface chips	Blue text Franklin D. Roosevelt along bottom w/star outline on either end of text - center portrait - all on cream button Manufacturer: Size: 3/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $12.00 0 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-13	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) - Garner Type: Political Campaign Button (frame), (butterfly case1),	Very Nice	Jugate - Franklin D. Roosevelt to left, John N. Garner to right - names under each portrait - Flag/shield motif for background Manufacturer: Size: 7/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $40.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
!!!SOLD!!!	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Coattail - White text Minton on red top banner over blue text Roosevelt on white center over white text Schrider on blue bottom banner Manufacturer: Size: 3/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $20.00 0 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-16	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) - Wallace Type: Political Campaign Button (frame), (butterfly case1),	Very Nice	Jugate - Franklin D. Roosevelt to left, Henry A. Wallace to right - white text Roosevelt on top, white text Wallace on bottom - red background w/blue edge Manufacturer: Chas M Geraghty Inc Chicago Size: 1 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $45.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-2126	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice to very fine	Red top banner over blue text Roosevelt on white center over blue bottom banner Manufacturer: Size: 3/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $10.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-2132	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice to very fine	White text Rooseelt on blue button Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $8.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-259	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice to very fine	White text Youth For Roosevelt over white shield all on blue button Manufacturer: Size: 3/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $12.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-32	(US) - President Candidate: FDR Type: Political Campaign Button (ManEnv), (CTShowBox),	Nice, w/some minor surface crackeling	Large sepia portrait Manufacturer: Size: 1 3/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $60.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-77	(US) - President Candidate: FDR Type: Political Campaign Button (ManEnv), (CTShowBox),	Nice, w/usual blue overprinting from blue filigree printing process - Nice paper insert from Phila. Badge Co.	Portrait center w/blue filgree around, inside flag border Manufacturer: Phila. Badge Co. Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $45.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-80rib	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button (frame), (butterfly case1),	Very Nice w/red, white and blue ribbon attached	Franklin D. Roosevelt in center - white text We Are Going To Win This War And Win The Peace That Follows on red border around edge - w/red, white and blue ribbon attached Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $50.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
!!!SOLD!!!	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Black text For President - over portrait center w/small V over star on either side - over black text Franklin D. Roosevelt (slightly off centered) Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $18.00 0 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-82	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) - Truman Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Large portrait centered on brown background - over brown text Roosevelt-Truman on bottom white banner Manufacturer: Size: 1 3/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $20.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-unl1	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) - Garner Type: Political Campaign Button (frame), (butterfly case1),	Nice - Green Duck and union bug molded in rear	Jugate - Franklin D. Roosevelt to right in foreground, John N. Garner to left in background in stamped/molded relief busts in heavy brass colored button - names under each bust - Similar to FDR-287, but Garner is less prominent Manufacturer: Green Duck Co Chicago Size: 1 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $40.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-10	(US) - President Candidate: FDR - Wilkie Type: Political Campaign Button (ManEnv), (CTShowBox),	Nice w/minor 1/4 inch surface split, printed slightly off center	Jugate - FDR portrait on left, Wilkie portrait on right - White text Our Next President on top, Salesman's Safety Pin along bottom (for voting either way) - All on black button Manufacturer: Epstein Nov. Co. N.Y.C. Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $50.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-156	(US) - President Candidate: Willkie Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Uncle Sam giving thumbs down over No Third Term - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 7/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $16.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
!!!SOLD!!!	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Blue text on white button - Willkie says top over Spinach is Spinach over It Sure Is Franklin - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/2 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $10.00 0 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2145	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Flash! We Want Work Not Relief - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $12.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2159	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	I Want To Be A Captain - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $16.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2169	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Let's Start With A Clean Slate - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $12.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2176	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	My Friends But Not My Subjects - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $12.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2177	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	My Friends Good-Bye - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $12.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2183	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	No Franklin The First - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $17.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2195	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Papa:- 'I Wanna Be a Captain Too' - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $18.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2216	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Third International Third Reich Third Term ? ? ? - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $18.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2222	(US) - President Candidate: Wilkie Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	We Don't Throw Rotten Eggs - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 1 1/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $13.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
!!!SOLD!!!	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	No Third Term - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 7/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $10.00 0 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2269	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	No Third Term - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 7/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $11.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2271	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	No Third Term black text only on white button - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 7/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $11.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2271	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	No Third Term black text only on white button - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 7/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $11.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-2275	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	No 3rd Term The Constitutionalists - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 7/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $18.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-unl1	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	No Third Term - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 7/8 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $10.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
WIL-unl2	(US) - President Candidate: Willke Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	No Third Term - Anti FDR Manufacturer: Size: 3/4 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $10.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
DEW-108	(US) - President Candidate: Dewey Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice w/very minor surface wear	Blue text Clean House With over white text Dewey on blue banner across center over a blue broom sweeping dust all on white button - Anti FDR - Litho. Green Duck Co., Chicago Manufacturer: Size: 13/16 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $12.00 2 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
FDR-2175	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt (FDR) - Lausche Type: Political Campaign Button	Nice	Coattail - Roosevelt - Lausche (Ohio) lapel tab shaped like flag Manufacturer: Size: 5/8 inch x 1 inch Keywords: (political),	View Front Image	Price: $20.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
POTEPH-21	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR) Type: Political Postcard Little White House Warm Springs GA Died Here April 12 1945 Rippled Edges	Overall fine condition	Postally used w/address & message Keywords:	View Front Image	Price: $3.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
POTEPH-22	(US) - President Candidate: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR) Type: Political Postcard Roosevelt's Grave	Overall fine condition	Unposted - Unused Keywords:	View Front Image	Price: $3.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2187	(NY) - Hyde Park - Dining Room Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $2.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2188	(NY) - Hyde Park - Dresden Room Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $2.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2189	(NY) - Hyde Park - Dining Room Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $4.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2190	(NY) - Hyde Park - Living Room Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $4.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2191	(NY) - Hyde Park - Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $2.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2192	(NY) - Hyde Park - Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $2.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
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NY-2194	(NY) - Hyde Park - Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $4.00 2 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2195	(NY) - Hyde Park - Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition - stain down back center	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $4.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
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NY-2197	(NY) - Hyde Park - Residence Of Franklin D Roosevelt (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $5.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2198	(NY) - Hyde Park - Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt w/Small Photo In Top Left Corner (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $5.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
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NY-2200	(NY) - Hyde Park - Franklin D Roosevelt Library & Museum The Study (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition - stain back right edge	County: Dutchess - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $2.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
NY-2201	(NY) - Hyde Park - Franklin D Roosevelt Museum White House Desk (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition - top left corner bend	County: Dutchess - Postally used w/address & message Keywords: President Franklin D Roosevelt,	View Front Image	Price: $2.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now
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NY-2580	(NY) - Buffalo - Wilcox House Where Roosevelt Took Oath Of Office After Pres McKinley's Death w/Small Photo Top Right Corner (ny_box4)	Overall fine condition	County: Erie - Unposted - Unused Keywords: President McKinley,	View Front Image	Price: $10.00 1 Available (Subject To Any Prior Or Pending Sales) Check out now

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