Vincenzo Laviosa - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Google Art Project
USCIS Civics · Question 105 of 128

Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

Official Answer

(Franklin) Roosevelt

In plain English

Franklin Roosevelt was president during the Great Depression and World War II. He became president in 1933 and created programs to give people jobs. He led the country into World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The president during the Great Depression and World War II was Franklin Roosevelt.

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Vincenzo Laviosa - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Google Art Project
Vincenzo Laviosa - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Google Art ProjectVincenzo Laviosa, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Image: Vincenzo Laviosa - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Google Art Project — Vincenzo Laviosa, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.Answers verbatim from USCIS M-1778 (09/25)