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Early life
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York.
He grew up with his parents and brother and then went to college. -
family
Franklin grew up with his mother and father Sara and James, and had one sibling James Roosevelt Roosevelt. And was a distant cousin to Theodore Roosevelt -
education
FDR went to Harvard for college then later got his degree from Columbia. -
employment
Before he was a president he was a lawyer -
politics
he was a democrat and wanted to help America with the great depression -
presidency
FDR was president during the Great Depression and World War two. He helped America climb out of the Great Depression and also helped them win the war. -
Presidency 2
they didn't have TV's back then so he would talk to the people by radio. he visited Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. to try to see how to beat Hitler and his men -
Legacy
his legacy was to not have the allies lose the war. They did win the war but FDR wasn't there to see it he died in office in 1945 just before the war ended. His Vice president took the wheel and dropped the atomic bomb on Japan officially ending the war. -
Death
He died in 1945 of a stroke. in office the only president to have served four terms. in office he had Polio a disease that many suffered in that time. it causes the legs not to work right so he had to be in a wheelchair most of the time -
fun facts
he is the only President to serve four terms
he made is own wheelchair out of an old kitchen table
He had to wear braces for his legs when he said a speech
