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1 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4 Term President January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945

2 Extremely wealthy FDR Early Years
Franklin’s uncle Theodore, also known as Teddy Roosevelt became the President of the United States and was best man at the wedding between FDR and Eleanor. Extremely wealthy

3 Franklin Roosevelt believed in public service, also known as community service. Public service is working for the good of others. FDR had difficulty walking because he had polio. He tried to improve his health by visiting Warm Springs, Georgia. polio

4 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Diligence means, hard working. FDR had respect for Authority.

5 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDR was President during a time when many people lost their jobs and homes. Many people lived in poverty. Poverty is a severe lack of money and with no way jobs, much suffering. This time in history is known as The Great Depression.

6 POVERTY

7 1934 – The Great Depression "How many men ever went to a barbecue and would let one man take off the table what's intended for nine-tenths of the people to eat? The only way you'll ever be able to feed the balance of the people is to make that man come back and bring back some of that grub that he ain't got no business with!" – Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long, 1934

8 Hyde Park, New York FDR’s boyhood home and family estate in New York. Now a tourist attraction.

9 FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDR became President of the US in 1932. He was born in Hyde Park, New York, his family home. He was reelected 3 more times. He lived in the White House in Washing ton D.C. as President. He considered Warm Springs, GA to be his second home. He died here in 1945.

10 D C D.C A = Alpharetta B = Warm Springs C = Washington, DC
D = Hyde Park, New York

11 1st Lady and World Peace Advocate October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962
Eleanor Roosevelt 1st Lady and World Peace Advocate October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962 "Uncle Ted" always called Eleanor his favorite niece. He taught her the "Roosevelt rule:" Never show fear.

12 Eleanor’s Destiny FDR was Eleanor’s Father’s 5th cousin.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born at 56 West 37th Street in New York City, Nicknamed "Ellie" or "Little Nell".[3] From the beginning, Eleanor preferred to be called by her middle name. Your 5th cousin is someone who has the same great, great, great, great grandparent.

13 Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor and Franklin had six children together. They are both buried in Hyde Park, NY in the family gravesite.

14 Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt also believed in Community Service, working for the good of others in the community. She taught immigrants to read. She personally answered letters from troubled people to give them. She would invite only women reporters to her weekly press conferences in support of women’s equal rights to work. Her friend, Mary McLeod Bethune, an Educator and African American woman, taught Eleanor about the struggles faced by African Americans for equality.

15 Eleanor Travelled Around the World
Canada Australia Show where Canada and Australia can be found on this map.

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17 Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt attended boarding school in London and was fluent in French. She travelled around the world and visited places including Canada and Australia. In 1945, Eleanor joined the NAACP board of directors. The new president, Harry S. Truman, asked Eleanor to represent the USA at the first meeting of the United Nations, in London. Eleanor’s most important contribution to draft the Declaration of Human Rights for the United Nations organization, still in existence today.

18 US President August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973
Lyndon B. Johnson US President August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973

19 Lyndon B. Johnson Stonewall, Texas

20 Lyndon B. Johnson He grew up very poor so he wanted to find a solution to poverty. He wanted to use taxes to pay for services that government provides for people. He lived during the time of segregation. Segregation was supposed to provide separate but equal rights for African Americans. Instead it meant that African Americans could not mix with white Americans in some places of business and in public wash rooms and swimming pools and rights were still NOT equal.

21 Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson listened to African American leaders Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall. He agreed to help pass laws to protect the civil rights of all Americans regardless of their race. He appointed the first African American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall. Lyndon B. Johnson is remembered for fighting poverty and segregation.

22 Martin Luther King I have a dream… 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson

23 Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court Justice 1967


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