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Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, elected to an unprecedented four terms from 1933 to 1945. He led the country through the Great Depression and World War II, instituting major reforms known as the New Deal and working closely with Allied leaders to defeat the Axis powers. Roosevelt established programs like Social Security and the FDIC to provide relief during the Depression and laid the groundwork for the United Nations to promote future peace. He died in office in 1945 from a cerebral hemorrhage.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, elected to an unprecedented four terms from 1933 to 1945. He led the country through the Great Depression and World War II, instituting major reforms known as the New Deal and working closely with Allied leaders to defeat the Axis powers. Roosevelt established programs like Social Security and the FDIC to provide relief during the Depression and laid the groundwork for the United Nations to promote future peace. He died in office in 1945 from a cerebral hemorrhage.

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President Franklin D.

Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt from the Library of Congress

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United


States. 1933-1945
Party: Democrat Age at inauguration: 51

Born: January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York


Died: April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia

Married: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt


Children: Anna, James, Elliot, Franklin, John, and a son who died young

What is Franklin D. Roosevelt most known for?

President Roosevelt is most known for leading the United States and the Allied Powers
against the Axis Powers of Germany and Japan during World War II. He also led the country
during the Great Depression and instituted the New Deal which included programs such as
Social Security and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Roosevelt was elected to president for four terms. This is two more terms than any other
president.

Growing Up

Franklin grew up in a wealthy and influential New York family. He was tutored at home and
traveled the world with his family during his childhood. He graduated from Harvard in 1904
and married his distant cousin Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. He then went to Columbia Law
School and began to practice law.

Roosevelt became active in politics in 1910 when he was elected to the New York State
Senate and, later, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. However, his career stopped for a
while in 1921 when he became sick with polio. Although he survived his bout with polio, he
nearly lost the use of his legs. For the rest of his life he could only walk a few short steps by
himself.

Franklin's wife Eleanor told her husband not to give up. So, despite his condition, he
continued with both his law and political career. In 1929 he was elected Governor of New
York and, after serving two terms as governor, he decided to run for president in the 1932
election.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidency


In 1932 the country was in the midst of the Great Depression. People were looking for some
new ideas, leadership, and hope. They elected Franklin Roosevelt hoping he had the
answers.

The New Deal


When Roosevelt entered office as president the first thing he did was to sign a number of
new bills into laws in an effort to fight the Great Depression. These new laws included
programs such as Social Security to help retirees, the FDIC to help secure bank deposits,
work programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, new power plants, aid for farmers,
and laws to improve working conditions. Finally, he established the SEC (Security and
Exchange Commission) to help regulate the stock market and hopefully prevent any future
collapses in the financial markets.

All of these programs together were called the New Deal. In his first 100 days of being
president, Roosevelt signed 14 new bills into law. This time became known as Roosevelt's
Hundred Days.

World War II
In 1940 Roosevelt was elected to his third term as president. World War II had broken out in
Europe and Roosevelt promised that he would do what he could to keep the U.S. out of the
war. However, on December 7, 1941 Japan bombed the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor.
Roosevelt had no choice but to declare war.

Roosevelt worked closely with the Allied Powers to help fight back against Germany and
Japan. He partnered with Winston Churchill of Great Britain as well as Joseph Stalin of the
Soviet Union. He also laid the groundwork for future peace by coming up with the concept of
the United Nations.

How did he die?


As the war was coming to an end, Roosevelt's health began to fail. He was posing for a
portrait when he had a fatal stroke. His last words were "I have a terrible headache."
Roosevelt is considered by many to be one of the greatest presidents in the history of the
United States. He is remembered with a National Memorial in Washington D.C.

Fun Facts about Franklin D. Roosevelt


• President Theodore Roosevelt was Franklin's fifth cousin and uncle to his wife Eleanor.
• He met President Grover Cleveland when he was five years old. Cleveland said "I am
making a wish for you. It is that you may never become president of the United
States."
• After Roosevelt's presidency, a law was made that allowed presidents to serve a maximum
of two terms. Prior to Roosevelt, previous presidents had followed George
Washington's example of only serving two terms despite there being no law against
serving more.
• He was the first president to appear on television during a 1939 broadcast from the World's
Fair.
• During World War II, Roosevelt spoke to the American people over the radio in a series of
talks called the "fireside chats."
• One of his famous quotes is "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Franklin D. Roosevelt. Quiz


1. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the _______ President of the United States.
a. Thirty-second
b. Thirty-third
c. Thirty-fourth
d. Thirty-fifth
e. Thirty-sixth

2. Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's wife?


a. Claudia Taylor
b. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
c. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
d. Mamie Geneva Doud
e. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier

3. Who was the Vice President of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt?
a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Hubert Humphrey
c. John Nance Garner, Henry Agard Wallace, and Harry Truman
d. Alben William Barkley
e. Richard Nixon

4. What was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's nickname?


a. Ike
b. JFK
c. LBJ
d. FDR
e. Give 'Em Hell Harry

5. How many terms was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to the office of President of the United
States?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5

6. What name was given to the series of laws that Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in an effort to
put an end to the Great Depression?
a. Hundred Laws
b. Finance Acts
c. New Deal
d. Recovery Acts
e. Depression Laws

7. What event forced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to declare war in World War II?
a. Attack on Pearl Harbor
b. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
c. Hitler invaded Poland
d. Sinking of the Lusitania
e. Bay of Pigs

8. What were Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio talks to the nation called?


a. Frank Talks
b. Fireside Chats
c. Radio Roosevelt
d. Roosevelt University
e. Fun with Franklin

9. Franklin D. Roosevelt once said 'The only thing we have to fear is _________.'
a. the Germans
b. The atomic bomb
c. Adolf Hitler
d. Japan
e. Fear itself

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