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Franklin D Roosevelt

Franklin D Roosevelt

Origin

Born:January 30, 1882
Died: April 12, 1945

Location: Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park

Father: James Roosevelt

Mother: Sara Ann Delano

Wife: Eleanor Roosevelt

Son: Nicholas

Religion: Born Jewish converted to Christianity

 

Education

Primary: Groton School, an Episcopal boarding school in Massachusetts

College: Harvard

 

Politics

1928-1932: Governor of New York

March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945: President of the United States of America

 

Political Allies

Joseph P Kennedy, Sr.

William Randolph Hearst

William G. McAdoo

 

Government Agencies Created

FDIC

SEC

Social Security System

 

Significant Events During Presidency

1941 December 7: Japanese attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor (America officially enters WWII)

Internment Camps: relocated 120,00 Japanese and Japanese-Americans along with thousands of Italians and German-Americas into camps where they could be monitored.

February 4-11, 1945: Yalta Conference; met with Roosevelt and Stalin to redraw post WWII Europe.

United Nations: Creation

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