Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Third Term
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Third Term
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to win a third term in office. In 1941, during the first State of the Union address of his third term, FDR described the kind of unified world he hoped would emerge after World War II — a neighborhood of nations helping one another. In 1941, FDR introduced the Lend Lease Program to help Britain stock up on supplies for the War when resources became low. The move was both a demonstration of the neighborly approach FDR had described in this address and also a move to bring The U.S. closer to entering WWII.