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Birth
Franklin Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, NY. Yes he was in a dress, it was a tradition to put boys in a dress back then even until they were seven years old. -
Harvard
Franklin Roosevelt moves to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard College. The picture was taken his senior year at Harvard -
Marriage
FDR marries Eleanor Roosevelt. Picture is from the wedding. -
Senate
Franklin Roosevelt is elected to the New York State Senate. -
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Franklin Roosevelt is appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson. He is on the far left in the picture and is standing on the USS Dolphin. -
Polio
Dr. Robert Lovett, diagnosed FDR with infantile paralysis (i.e. polio). The picture is a letter that a little boy wrote to him about his polio. -
Polio Treatment Center
Franklin Roosevelt establishes a polio treatment center in Warm Springs, Georgia. The image is of him swimming at his treatment center -
Stock Market Crash
The New York Stock Exchange crashes, one of a series of events leading to the Great Depression in the United States. Image is the headline on a newspaper article -
Presidency
Franklin Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover to become the 32nd President of the United States, receiving 57.4% of the popular vote. Picture is of FDR at his inauguration. -
First 100 Days
In the "First 100 Days," FDR pushes fifteen legislative proposals through Congress; these form the basis of the New Deal. -
First New Deal
In the First New Deal, the federal government provides "immediate relief" from the Depression by creating new public agencies to employ civilians, as well as regulate the banking industry. -
Second New Deal
In the Second New Deal, the federal government establishes additional agencies and programs including the WPA, Social Security, and the National Labor Relations Board. -
2nd Term
Franklin Roosevelt defeats Alfred Landon, winning re-election to a second term. He wins by a landslide in the popular vote (60.8%) and trounces Landon in the Electoral College 523 to 8. -
WWII
Hitler invades Poland, sparking World War II. -
Third Term
Franklin Roosevelt is re-elected to a third term with 54.7% of the vote, campaigning on a promise not to send American troops into foreign wars. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; US declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Executive Order 9066
Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, imprisoning many Japanese-Americans living on American soil. -
D-Day
On D-Day, the first of nearly 3 million Allied soldiers arrive on the northern shores of France. -
4th Term
Franklin Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term with 53.4% of the popular vote. -
Negotiation
Franklin Roosevelt meets with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in Yalta to negotiate the post-war future of Europe. -
Death
Franklin Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. PIcture is from his funeral.
