PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Pearl Harbor
Part of the excellent PBS site based on Joy Hakim's A History of US, this focuses on the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the ramifications of the attack. You can access primary sources and photographs to bring this part of...
University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South: North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration
An electronic edition of a very interesting, though dense, book written in 1936 as a record of the activies of the Emergency Relief Adminstration in North Carolina. The book begins with a look at how relief for the indigent was provided...
New York Times
New York Times: The Bitter Legacy of Yalta
[Free Registration/Login Required] New York Times correspondent Jason DeParle reflects on the controversial legacy of the Yalta Conference. (November 26, 1989)
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Fireside Chat
This is the text and audio of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first Fireside Chat "The Banking Crisis" on March 12, 1933, in Washington D.C.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Domestic Policies
Read about the scope of Roosevelt's New Deal from 1933 until 1939 and continue with his domestic policies during World War II. Find out how important Roosevelt's personality was to the implementation of his ideas.
Oklahoma Historical Society
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma: Federal Art Project
As part of the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Art Project's goal was to provide employment to artists who would be educators and creators of public art. Read about the legacy of the Federal Art Project in Oklahoma during the...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Roosevelt's Little White House at Warm Springs
Warm Springs Historic District is home to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Little White House, where he went annually to treat his polio with the therapeutic spring water. His experiences at the Little White House helped form some of...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The New Deal
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read about the New Deal, its programs, and the ways it helped a nation in the grips of the Great Depression. The New Deal was not universally popular, so find out what Franklin Roosevelt did to keep the...
PBS
Pbs: Wwii Behind Closed Doors: Prelude to Cold War
This article discusses the uneasy alliance maintained by Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and the implications of this alliance on the development of the Cold War.
PBS
Pbs: Wwii Behind Closed Doors:the Conferences
This site provides a comprehensive overview of many conferences between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and the Allies' conferences with Stalin and others during World War II and includes links to related resources and media.
PBS
Pbs Online: Character Above All: Franklin D. Roosevelt
This essay about Roosevelt begins with several quotes describing him. It looks at FDR's personal characteristics and gives some background on his presidency.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Executive Order 7037
Read the text of the executive order of Franklin Roosevelt that established the Rural Electrification Administration in order to bring electricity to the many rural areas in the United States with no electricty.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Roosevelt Battles Depression
This article surveys President Hoover's defeat to Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 election and Roosevelt's initial response to the deepening crisis in the U.S. economy.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1932
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1932 won in an absolute landslide by Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt over Herbert Hoover.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Declaring Bank Holiday
Online resource that provides the text to the original document in which President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a bank holiday. This was known as Proclamation 2039.
BBC
Bbc: Atlantic Charter
This primary source article discusses the development of the Atlantic Charter and its provisions for self-determination in Europe.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Executive Order 9024
Here you will find the text of President Roosevelt's executive order that created the War Production Board whose duty was to oversee the production of war materials. Read about all the duties of this board.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: 1940 Presidential Election
See a map of the states which supported Franklin D. Roosevelt and which supported Wendell Willkie in the election of 1940. You can find a chart with the popular vote and percentage of vote for each candidate.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Eleanor Roosevelt, American Visionary
This site features photos and artifacts from the life of one of the most dynamic and controversial First Ladies in U.S. history, as well as a virtual tour of her home.
Digital History
Digital History: The Supreme Court and the New Deal [Pdf]
Read about the conflict between the laws and regulations that were passed during Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and the interpretation of the commerce clause by the Supreme Court. Roosevelt had a plan to change the Supreme Court. See...
Digital History
Digital History: Franklin Roosevelt and the Depression [Pdf]
After reading brief biographical information about Franklin Roosevelt, find out what he did immediately upon being sworn in as president in 1933. Find out about the legislation that aimed to encourage trust in banks, and the legislation...
Library of Congress
Loc: "I Do Solemnly Swear"
An online exhibit of historically pertinent items dealing with the inauguration of a number of US Presidents.
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This website provides links to all of FDR's inaugural addresses, State of the Union addresses and Pearl Harbor speech.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Roosevelt and the New Deal
Introduction to chapter on Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.