Term: Election of 1932 (scroll down for definition)

 

 

 

 

Definition: Election of 1932

Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Republican Herbert Hoover. Roosevelt campaigned for a "New Deal" for all Americans. This would be a more involved and liberal change to Hoover's approach during the Great Depression. His campaign song and slogan was "Happy Days are Here Again."

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