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7. Franklin Roosevelt had
1. Time before an election when
people running for office try to
convince voters to vote for them
2. Freedom from being controlled by
someone else
3. A country in which the ruler has
complete power and sometimes rules
cruelly
4. A government in which the people
have the power to make political
decisions
5. Work for the good of others,
often through a job in government
6. What disease did Franklin
Roosevelt have that made him not
able to walk?
experiences in school that led him to
his adult beliefs. What did he think
was the most important work he
could do?
8. In the 1920s, doctors thought
that exercising in certain kinds of
pools could help people with diseases
like Franklin Roosevelt had. Where
did Roosevelt visit special pools?
9.During the time when FDR was Governor of
New York, as well as when he was the President
of the US, many businesses closed and people
lost their jobs and homes. What was this time in
US history called?
10. What were 3 important
government positions FDR held?
11. What were the speeches called
where FDR explained to the US
people how the government planned
to help people?...and how did he do
it?
12. Who was the longest serving
President of the US?
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Franklin Roosevelt thought the most

important work he could do was campaign
public service.

Franklin visited special pools in

Warm Springs, Georgia to try to liberty
help his disease get better.

The time in US history when FDR was

President that many businesses closed and
dictatorship
people lost their jobs and homes was
called the Great Depression.

3 important government positions

FDR held were: a Senator of New
democracy
York, a Governor of New York,
and the President of the US.

Speeches where FDR explained to

the US people how the government
planned to help people were called public service
fireside chats. They were done
over the radio.

FDR was the longest serving polio

President of the US.
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13. What was FDRs campaign pledge 19. The US joined the war when
called that helped millions of people Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. What
who were hurt during the did this make men, women and
Depression? children need to do?

14. What was the Works Progress 20. FDR lived in many places. What 2
Administration and what productive places did he most consider his
resources were used in it? homes?

Review: When someone boycotts

15. The CCC and the WPA were two something, what does that mean?
government programs that did what?

16. Where can we still see examples Review: Paul Revere started many
of President Roosevelts New Deal different businesses. What do you
projects today? call someone who starts their own
business?
17. When Great Britain and France went
to war against dictatorships in Germany
and Italy, FDR wanted the US to
cooperate with Great Britain and France in
order to protect what 2 things?

18. Why is FDR considered a hero

today?
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By the US joining the war when

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, it
New Deal
made men, women and children have
to work together, or cooperate.

Although he lived in many places, the

The Works Progress Administration
2 places FDR most considered to be
allowed people to use their skills to
his homes were Warm Springs,
earn a living using human resources.
Georgia and Hyde Park, New York.

Review: When someone boycotts The CCC and the WPA gave people
something that means they stop jobs and hope.
using it.

Review: Someone who starts their We can still see examples of

own business is called an President Roosevelts New Deal
entrepreneur. projects today in schools and roads.

FDR was working to protect democracy

and liberty by cooperating with Great
Britain and France when they went to war
against Germany and Italy in 1939.

FDR is considered a hero today

because he worked for freedom.