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A collapse in the international economic system left one in four Americans out of work, and millions more struggled to find food. New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt ran for president promising a New Deal for the American people and won the 1932 election in a landslide. He projected optimism and confidence, reassuring worried voters, and committed the federal government to economic and social policies to fight the Great Depression. He also relied on his ability to connect with people to maintain political support, expressing themes of courage, destiny, social justice, conservation, and concern for forgotten men and races in speeches, addresses, and fireside chats from 1932 through 1936.
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