When Roosevelt became President, radio was just coming into its own as a mass medium. Prior to the early '30s, if politicians wanted to communicate with voters, they had to do so in person or through newspapers. read more
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who took office in early 1933, would become the only president in American history to be elected to four consecutive terms. He would lead his nation through two of the greatest crises in its history—the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II (1939-45)—and would exponentially expand the role of the federal government through his New Deal reform program and its legacy. read more