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Franklin D. Roosevelt. By: Ellis Long. FDR’s Childhood. He was born on January 30 th , 1882. He was very wealthy. The first 8 years of his childhood he learned by private tutors. His first day of school was in Germany. College Years. FDR went to Harvard University.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt By: Ellis Long
FDR’s Childhood • He was born on January 30th, 1882. • He was very wealthy. • The first 8 years of his childhood he learned by private tutors. • His first day of school was in Germany.
College Years • FDR went to Harvard University. • Harvard is devoted to excellence in teaching learning and research. • Harvard has produced a lot of presidents.
Marriage • FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt got married on March 17, 1905. • They were second cousins. • Eleanor was 19 and Franklin was 22
FDR’s Challenges • FDR was first got polio on July 28th, 1921and he was 39. • He went to Warm Springs , GA to help his polio. • He liked it so much he bought a house and called it The Little White House
New York Government • FDR was elected governor of NY in 1928. • Before that he was in the NY senate. • He started to began as governor on Jan. 1st, 1929
President of the USA • He was elected president in 1932. • He was also the 32nd president of the USA. • He was 50 years old when he was elected.
The New Deal • FDR created The New Deal for people who didn’t have jobs or homes. • It started when the banks closed. • He wanted everybody in America to have a house and a job
Fire Side Chats • The Fireside Chats were a series of thirty evening chats between the time of 1933 to 1944 by president Franklin D. Roosevelt. • Roosevelt liked talking on the radio because it let him not show his polio symptoms in the public eye.
Breaking the Rules • FDR served as President for 4 terms and the rule was that you could only serve for 2 terms in the USA. • He died still while he was serving in his fourth term as President.
WWII • The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to get America involved. • It actually started on September 1st ,1939 and lasted till September 2nd ,1945.
Death • He died on April 11th, 1945. • The entire US was devastated of their lose. • Even though he is dead people still honor him today.