The Importance of Democracy in a Time of Crisis

On December 7th 1941 hundreds of Japanese warplanes rained death and destruction down on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The country had been ravaged by the Great Depression Mobilizing the US for war would be a daunting task for the federal government. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born to a wealthy aristocratic New York family, but his faith in everyday Americans was unshakable elected to the presidency on the Democratic ticket in 1932. He led America out of economic ruin bolstering the nation's confidence through depression and war with boundless optimism and strength despite being disabled from polio In this two-part series we'll show you how the events of the times affected them their families and affects you now