Complete the FDR reading for next week.
Annotate the reading or list 15 bullet with page numbers from the reading?What do you think of FDR?
What do you think of Eleanor Roosevelt? What was her political role in FDR's administration?
What do you think of Doris Kearns Goodwin's writing?
Answer 4 of these 5 questions.
- Polio was a transformative experience for FDR according to Eleanor. Describe the character of FDR before and after his contracting polio. How did FDR change both physically and psychologically (mentally)?
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- How did talks with FDR change his general’s behavior during WWII? How did FDR use his fireside chats? Who were these chats directed towards? Why didn’t he give a chat every week? How many fireside chats did FDR deliver in the 13+ years of his presidency? ________
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- When “Doc Win the War “replaced “Doc New Deal” how did Eleanor react? Describe the relationship between Franklin and Eleanor. What was Eleanor’s role in the presidency? What caused this relationship to change? Why did some call FDR to “muzzle that wife of yours”? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Actor Gregory Peck cried as a child when he saw FDR? Why? What caused Peck to cry and why did he soon laugh? How did FDR manipulate his public persona? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- How did America react when FDR died in April 1945 one month before VE Day? Why were the people so emotional? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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