Franklin D. Roosevelt

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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
Politics
Born: January 30, 1882
Hyde Park, N.Y.
Died: April 12, 1945

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano joined the N.Y. Senate in 1910 after graduating from Columbia Law School. A Democrat, he ran for vice president in 1920 with James Cox and when they were defeated, went to work as a lawyer for a financial institution. In 1921 FDR became paralyzed by polio, and though he learned to walk with leg braces, he was mostly wheelchair-bound. But he refused to be defeated. In 1928 he was elected governor of New York and in 1932 was elected 32nd President of the U.S. FDR was the first President to run more than 2 terms and was reelected to a 3rd term (1940) and even a 4th term in 1944 despite his bad health. He was also the first President to use radio and became famous for his "fireside chats". The U.S. entered World War II under Roosevelt, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.


1. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in _________ , New York.


2. Roosevelt's Famous quote is, "The only thing we have to _______ is_______ itself."


3. In 1921 FDR became paralyzed by _________ .


4. The U.S. entered World War II when _________ attacked Pearl Harbor.


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