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American Government Mr Simoneau & Mr Reed JAY HIGH SCHOOL, Spring ‘09. FDR’s Story. Born in Wealth. Hyde Park, NY. Jan 30th, 1882 Home-schooled, BA Harvard, Columbia for Law NYC lawyer for 3 years, New York State Senate Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt, cousin of Teddy R
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American Government Mr Simoneau & Mr Reed JAY HIGH SCHOOL, Spring ‘09
FDR’s Story • Born in Wealth. Hyde Park, NY. Jan 30th, 1882 • Home-schooled, BA Harvard, Columbia for Law • NYC lawyer for 3 years, New York State Senate • Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt, cousin of Teddy R • Father of 6 children • 1921, 39, contact polio on Campobello Island, ME, crippled his legs. Hid his crutches & wheel chair, March of Dimes • Suffered a stroke & died (63) in Warm Springs, GA, April ‘45. • He never saw V-E Day? Hiroshima? V-J Day? the UN?
Political Experience • NY State Senate • Asst. Sec of the Navy 1913- 1920. • VP candidate in ‘20 for Dem.presidential candidate Cox & lost to Warren G. Harding & Calvin Coolidge • D, Gov of New York, 1930 ~ 1932 • Elected President 4 times. ‘32, ‘36, ‘40, ‘44. Served 13 yrs
Stock Market Crash Oct ‘29, 5,000 banks go bankrupt Banks were closed, food kitchens 13M unemployed, 25% UE rate Hobo’s, Hoovervilles, Dust Bowl Job sharing, Multi-generational families “Brother can you spare a dime?” Life in America during FDR’s Adm. Great Depression “These difficult times call for A NEW DEAL.” --FDR
World War II Germany invades Poland, WW II begins 9/1/39 Axis Powers vs Allies Germany, Italy & Japan vs US, GB, USSR. Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941 In the US, 15M drafted, 360 KIA 80M die world wide in WW II FDR at War
Chief Executive • Brain Trust: Harry Hopkins, Harry Ickes, John Maynard Keynes • 1st 100-days, Fireside chats, • Frances Perkins, Sec of Labor,
Chief Legislatorthe Dems control Congress • WPA • PWA • CCC • TVA • SSA • AAA • NRR
Chief Diplomat • Good Neighbor Policy w/ Latin America • Lend / Lease: Destroyers for bases • Atlantic Charter
Commander in Chief • Hitler & the Nazis were the most dangerous, fight in European theater 1st • Co-operate w/Russia • Support China in their fight w/Japan • Make the US the arsenal of democracy & supply weapons, food, RX to our Allies • Appointed generals: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall, Dolittle, Adm. Nimitz, Halsey
Chief Citizen • Eleanor were his eyes & ears • Jovial spirit • Fire side chats • Map Room at the White House • Friendship w/Winston Churchill
Pack the Supreme Court? National Debt $200B Off the gold standard, Fiat money Evaluating FDR
FDR’s Place in History • Bold persistent experimentation • “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” • What if questions from history… • Behind Abraham, sometimes behind George Washington