The Election Of 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. Alf Landon
Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election series as I'll be going over the election of 1936, Franklin Roosevelt has been in office for four years and now his hoping the work his done since will lead to a massive victory come election day, will this happen?...Let's get into it. FDR's Response to The Great Depression Upon defeating incumbent President Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election, Franklin Delano Roosevelt wasted no time when came to dealing with the problems that many Americans were facing as a result of the Great Depression. For one thing, FDR kept his promise to abolish prohibition by signing into law The Cullen-Harrison Act which called for the sale and distribution of alcohol so long as those beverages had an alcoholic content of 3.2%; After doing so, Roosevelt famous said "I think this would be a good time for a beer" and many in the U.S. certainly agreed. After dealing with the prohibition issue, FDR proceeded to