1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945
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2. Background
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York.
His parents were James and Sara Roosevelt. He was an only child.
He married Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, She was his fifth cousin. They had six children.
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3. Political Career
Franklin D. Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson in 1913.
In 1921 Roosevelt got sick and was permanently paralyzed from the waist down. He used a wheelchair, but was never seen in it in public.
In 1929 he became the governor of New York.
He won the 1932 presidential election.

4. The New Deal FDR made new laws that helped a lot of people.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

5. Supplemental Lend-Lease Bill
President Roosevelt wanted to help Great Britain during World War II. The United States wanted to stay neutral and stay out of the war.
He proposed a bill that would allow him to help without going to war.
The Lend-Lease Act gave Roosevelt the authority to give aid like ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food.

6. World War II
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The surprise attack made the United States declare war on Japan.
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7. United States Declares War!!!
“Yesterday, Dec. 7, a date
which will live in infamy – the
United States of America was
suddenly and deliberately attacked
by naval and air forces of the
Empire of Japan.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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8. Works Cited Price, Sean. Climbing Out of the Great Depression(
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