Unemployment was at 25%, the highest in America's history and bankruptcies were an epidemic.When Congress is in session after a November election and before the beginning of the new Congress, it is known as a "lame-duck session." Prior to the adoption of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (1933), new Congresses convened in December of odd-numbered years, allowing the post-election Congress to meet and pass legislation for more than a year. The switch of 1932-1933 was the rock bottom.During the four month lame duck period (when the president-elect waits for the leaving president to depart), Hoover tried to wrangle FDR into some unflattering politics. In 1932, blacks were tired of being the "last hired, first fired" and saw the Democrats as the party to help in that department. The Republicans had been the Party of Abe Lincoln, anti-slavery, and Reconstruction whereas the Democrats had been the pro-slavery, anti-black party. A unique voting trend ended and started in this election: black voters switched from the Republican party to the Democratic party.FDR won the election in a landslide, 472 to 59 in the electoral vote.Hoover was sour-faced and used slogans like "The Worst is Past" and "It Might Have Been Worse." Folks just looked around and saw through those words.They took the theme song of "Happy Days are Here Again" and one of his buzzwords was "confidence." FDR had a mile-wide smile. During the campaign, the Democrats appealed to the common man and exuded confidence.She would by far become the most involved First Lady up to that time, maybe of all time.Essentially, they came as a buy-one-get-two team. His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, was also active in politics.He was articulate with his words and conveyed a sense of caring.This may have helped temper and humble his personality-FDR had the people's touch. He got polio in 1921, however, and was since confined to a wheelchair. FDR had been as a young man tall, handsome, and athletic.The Democrats nominated Franklin Delano Roosevelt, better known as FDR.Hoover ran for reelection saying what he was doing was helping the situation.1932 was likely the worst year of the Great Depression and it was an election year.07B Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity, and Language.03C Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior.03A Neural Processing and the Endocrine System.20 Revolution, Reunification, and Rebuilding, 1985 to Present.19 The Cold War Conflicts and Social Transformations, 1945-1985.18 Dictatorships and the Second World War.Emigration, Immigration, and Imperialism part 2.Emigration, Immigration, and Imperialism.Industrialization and the World Economy.Liberty and Equality, French Revolution.10 The Revolution in Politics, 1775-1815. Population, Cottage Industry, Atlantic Economy.08 The Expansion of Europe in the Eighteenth Century.06 Absolutism in Eastern Europe to 1740.Absolutism part 2 and Constitutionalism.05 Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Western Europe, 1589-1715.04 The Age of Religious Wars and European Expansion.03 Reform and Renewal in the Christian Church.02 European Society in the Age of the Renaissance.
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