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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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born 1882 in          Park in upstate New York
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came from the wealthy and                          from the Hyde Park branch of the family
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parents provided him with the best                    possible
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he attended              School in Groton, Massachusetts
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graduated in history at               
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studied law at                  University
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1905 married a distant             , Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
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the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt
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had        children
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he began practicing at a New York law firm but                  was his main passion
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elected to the New York State Senate, but as a                 
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1912 supported             's campaign
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William appointed him to the same post that had brought Theodore Roosevelt to prominence, Assistant Secretary of the         
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loved               
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specialized in the                  side of naval administration
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1920 named Democrat candidate for the vice president, along with presidential hopeful, James       
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lost that election to               /Coolidge
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the United States retreated into                         
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FDR returned to private life
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1921 while vacationing at                      Island, he contracted polio
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in spite of all his efforts, he never regained the use of his legs
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with support of Eleanor and his political adviser, he resumed his political career
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after strenuous campaign in         , he was elected as governor of New York
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while the Great Depression was damaging President              and the Republicans
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his efforts to combat it in New York enhanced his reputation
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1932 he won the presidency by            million votes
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once elected, he faced the greatest crisis in American history since the            War
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urgent actions were needed to reverse the economic collapse
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these measures became his New Deal program
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during the first 100 days, he sent much legislation to congress
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saved millions from                     
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involved the government directly in areas of social and economic life as never before
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1936 due to enormous popularity of the New Deal, he easily defeated        Landon (1887-1987)
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1939 outbreak of war in Europe
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had to increasingly concentrate on                affairs
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when Hitler attacked             
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immediately took measures to prepare for American involvement
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despite isolationist opposition
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1940 fall of             : increase preparations
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U.S. Congress enacted a draft for military service, FDR signed a lend-lease bill to help the nations at war with Germany and Italy
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he believed America must become the arsenal of                   
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the last defense of world               
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1941 Pearl Harbor attack
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made many decisions on war-time strategy
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created a Grand Alliance against the Axis Powers
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FDR, Churchill,             
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the unending              of the war wore Roosevelt out
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1944 strict diet and heavy medication
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successfully campaigned for a fourth presidential term
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April 1945 in               , suffered stroke
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died at the age of 63
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his death came on the eve of complete military                for the United States
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