Major Acts As with Lincoln, the other great wartime president, it is difficult to adequately sum up the achievements of Franklin Roosevelt. Like Lincoln, he was a canny and powerful politician who ...

At the outbreak of World War I, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt voiced his disapproval of President Wilson’s stance ...

It was the day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration as president of the United Stateds ... of 1941 led the nation into the Second World War. As he did with the New Deal, Roosevelt again ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the most executive ... implement New Deal programs and handle World War II. Truman signed the second most executive orders — 906 total.