1. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt was
born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He grew up the
only child in an upper middle-class family. He graduated from
Harvard and Columbia Law School. (Photo Credit: CORBIS)
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30,
1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He grew up the only child in an upper middle-class
family. He graduated from Harvard and Columbia Law School. (Photo Credit: CORBIS)
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt: In 1905, Roosevelt
married his influential future first lady, Eleanor, a niece of Theodore
Roosevelt and a distant cousin. (Photo Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)
3. Assistant Secretary of the Navy: Roosevelt's early involvement in politics included a seat in
the New York State Senate and the role of Woodrow Wilson's assistant secretary of the
Navy during World War I. (Photo Credit: Library of Congress)
4. The Great Depression: He served as governor of New York from 1929 to
1932, during which time he tested out various programs to help during the
Great Depression. (Photo Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)
5. FDR campaigns for president: Roosevelt's appeal for a strong
federal role in boosting industry and the public welfare led to his
election as the 32nd president of the United States in 1933. (Photo
Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)
6. Herbert Hoover and Roosevelt: Roosevelt defeated incumbent
Herbert Hoover during the election of 1932 and won with a gross
total of 472 electoral votes. (Photo Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)
7. FDR with his First Cabinet: In 1933, Roosevelt embarked on an
ambitious effort to jump-start the economy through federal work
and welfare policies called "The New Deal". (Photo Credit:
Bettmann/CORBIS)
8. Roosevelt gives fireside chat: Roosevelt began radio speeches
called "fireside chats" that were used to keep the public
optimistic during the Great Depression. (Photo Credit: Bettmann/
CORBIS)
9. FDR signing bill: In 1921 at the age of 39, Roosevelt contracted a
rare incidence of adult polio and lost the use of his legs. There are
very few pictures of him actually sitting in his wheel chair, since he
didn’t want photographs that visually represented his disability.
(Photo Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)
10. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: When it looked as if Hitler might
invade Britain after the saturation bombing of London, Roosevelt
boldly launched the "lend-lease" program early in 1941, which
promised massive weapons and war-material exports to Britain. (Photo
Credit: Public Domain)
11. Attack on Pearl Harbor: Japan bombed American fleets at
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 which pushed the
United States to formally declare war. (Photo Credit:
Bettmann/CORBIS)
12. FDR declares war: Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war and
American industry then underwent a massive conversion to defense
production. (Photo Credit: Library of Congress)
13. Japanese Internment Camp: Roosevelt controversially
supported the internment of Japanese in America
during the war. (Photo Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)
14. Roosevelt making a radio announcement: He worked closely
with Allied leaders to plan the liberation of Europe, which
was led by American troops. (Photo Credit:
Bettmann/CORBIS)
15. Churchill, FDR, and Stalin at Yalta: In delicate war-time negotiations with Stalin,
Roosevelt recognized the strategic importance of relying on the Soviet Union to divert
16. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Roosevelt's health
deteriorated rapidly toward the end of the war and his physical
ailments became clearly visible to the public. (Photo Credit:
CORBIS)
17. FDR's funeral procession: FDR died on April 12,
1945, of a stroke at his home in Warm Springs,
Georgia, leaving Vice President Harry Truman to see
the U.S. to victory (Photo Credit: Library of
Congress)
18. Polio victim lays wreath at FDR's grave: In 1938, Roosevelt founded the March
Dimes to raise funds for polio research and rehabilitation. (Photo Credit:
Bettmann/CORBIS )
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