U.S. Presidential Cabinet, 1940

Director

Moderator

Crisis Manager

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The year is 1940, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Cabinet is confronting some of the hardest political, economic, diplomatic and military challenges in United States' history. The delegates must manage the economic effects of the lingering Great Depression, decide how to react to the wars raging in Europe and East Asia, and respond to news from the campaign trail as Roosevelt seeks an historic third term in the White House. The committee will push the delegates' diplomatic and creative limits. Scandal, economic hardship, and war all pose looming threats to FDR's administration and offer exciting and fast-paced challenges to an incredibly powerful cabinet.