Franklin Roosevelt #12: Global War and Third Term Dilemma (1936-1941); Topics covered include: Trouble in Europe and Asia (Germany, Italy, and Japan), sinking of USS Panay, plight of German Jews (including Kristallnacht) and Roosevelt's limited response, Hitler annexes Austria and pursue the Sudetenland, appeasement and the Four Power Agreement (Munich), Hitler invades Czechoslovakia, non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, invasions of Poland, start of World War II, American neutrality, Roosevelt hosts King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain, warnings to Roosevelt about nuclear fission and the atomic bomb, agrees to run for third term, insists on Henry Wallace as VP, another landslide victory, Battle of Britain, Destroyers-for-Bases agreement, and Lend-Lease

Key people include: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, Herschel Grynszpan, Joseph Stalin, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Alexander Sachs, Lyman Briggs, Vannevar Bush, James Farley, John Garner, Henry Wallace, Wendell Willkie, Robert Jackson, and Frank Knox

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Franklin Roosevelt #11: Second Term Setbacks (1937-1940); Topics covered include: New Deal legislation declared unconstitutional, proposes to "pack" the Supreme Court (including opposition and failure), Court begins to concur with New Deal legislation, refuses to advocate for anti-lynching legislation, cuts back in Federal spending leading to economic setbacks including large increase in unemployment, re-institutes large scale federal spending, seeks purge of incumbent Democrats in 1938 midterms, and perspective on the New Deal (successes and failures)

Key people include: Homer Cummings, Stanley Reed, William Allen White, Mark Sullivan, Burton Wheeler, Charles Hughes, Owen Robert, Willis Van Devanter, Alben Barkley, Pat Harrison, Eleanor Roosevelt, Walter White, John O'Connor, Ray Moley, and Herbert Hoover

Corrections: Reference should be for six weeks (not six months) at 0:18. Reference should be for Congress (not the Supreme Court) at 7:04. Reference should be for private (not public) at 10:40. Reference should be for misuse (not use) at 12:41.

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Franklin Roosevelt #10: The Second New Deal (1933-1937); Topics covered include: Great Depression, Civil Works Administration, managed currency/price of gold, criticism from conservatives and from the far left, midterm elections of 1934, Social Security Act, National Labor Relations Act, unemployment persists, Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, Work Progress Administration, Louis Howe dies, others leave the administration, 1936 election, and landslide victory

Key people include: Henry Morgenthau, Al Smith, Herbert Hoover, Francis Townsend, Charles Coughlin, Huey Long, Robert Wagner, Harold Ickes, Harry Hopkins, Ray Moley, Lewis Douglas, Hugh Johnson, Rex Tugwell, Louis Howe, Missy LeHand, James Roosevelt, and Alf Landon

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Franklin Roosevelt #9: The 100 Days (1933); Topics covered include: Inaugurated as President, Great Depression, solves banking crisis, introduces and passes New Deal legislation including: Agriculture Adjustment Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, Farm Credit Association, Truth in Securities Act, Home Owners' Loan Corporation, Tennessee Valley Authority, National Industrial Recovery Act, Public Works Administration, Glass-Steagal Banking Act, take the U.S. off the gold standard, World Economic Conference and his "bombshell" message, and Ray Moley leaves the administration

Key people include: Ray Moley, Harry Hopkins, Henry Morgenthau, George Norris, Hugh Johnson, Harold Ickes, and Ramsay MacDonald

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Franklin Roosevelt #8: Perilous Interregnum (1932-1933); Topics covered include: Outreach from President Hoover (several times), refuses to engage (each time), names Cabinet, assassination attempt (and reaction), and the banking crisis

Key people include: James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Herbert Hoover, Ray Moley, Ogden Mills, Cordell Hull, Carter Glass, William Woodin, Harold Ickes, Henry Wallace, Frances Perkins, James Farley, Rex Tugwell, Hugh Johnson, Giuseppe Zangara, Lillian Cross, and Anton Cermak

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Franklin Roosevelt #7: Promising a New Deal for the American People (1930-1932); Topics covered include: Planning for 1932 presidential election, Brain Trust, wins nomination, travels to convention to accept nomination in person, promises a New Deal to the American people, criticized as a socialist, veterans' march on Washington ("Bonus Army"), campaign, and landslide victory over Herbert Hoover

Key people include: James Farley, Louis Howe, Earle Looker, Al Smith, John Garner, Ray Moley, Rex Tugwell, Adolf Berle, Alben Barkley, Herbert Hoover, Charles Michelson, and Douglas MacArthur

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Franklin Roosevelt #6: Triumphant Return (1928-1931); Topics covered include: 1928 presidential election, convinced to run for Governor of New York, wins election, distances himself from Al Smith, policies as Governor, stock market crash and onset of Great Depression, and re-elected as Governor

Key people include: Louis Howe, Al Smith, Elliott Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Missy LeHand, Ed Flynn, James Farley, Sam Rosenman, Grace Tully, Sara Roosevelt, Robert Moses, Belle Moskovitz, Anna Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Earl Miller, and Charles Tuttle

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Franklin Roosevelt #4: Marriage Evolution & First National Campaign (1916-1920); Topics covered include: Children with Eleanor, end of marital relations, marriage transitions to more of a partnership, affair with Lucy Mercer, end of World War I, demobilization in Europe, election of 1920, Democratic nominee for Vice President, and loss of election

Key people include: Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt Jr., John Roosevelt, Sara Roosevelt, Lucy Mercer, Louis Howe, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, William McAdoo, A. Mitchell Palmer, James Cox, Edward Moore, Steve Early, Marvin McIntyre, and Marguerite LeHand

Correction: Reference should be 1917 (not 1915) at 5:59.

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Franklin Roosevelt #3: Navy and War (1913-1919); Topics covered include: Assistant Secretary of the Navy, aided by Louis Howe, World War I, election of 1916, Germans resort to unrestricted submarine warfare, U.S. enters the War, Roosevelt's efforts to stop German U-Boats, and his visit to the front

Key people include: Josephus Daniels, Louis Howe, Emory Land, Franz Ferdinand, Woodrow Wilson, James Gerard, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Hughes, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hugh Scott, Leonard Wood, John Jellicoe, Ralph Browne, William Sims, King George V, David Lloyd George, and Marshal Foch

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Franklin Roosevelt #2: Following TR's Path to Politics (1904-1913); Topics covered include: Law school, passes the Bar, first job in law, wins seat in State Senate, opposes Tammany Hall's candidate for U.S. Senate, supports Woodrow Wilson for President (1912), engages Louis Howe for re-election, accepts offer to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Key people include: Theodore Roosevelt, Grenville Clark, John Mack, Lewis Chanler, Charlie Murphy, William Sheehan, Edward Shepard, Anna Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, James O'Gorman, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Champ Clark, Louis Howe, William McAdoo, and Josephus Daniels

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