Enough information for a 9th grade midterm (10 points)?

Instead of a test, we are researching a project in class. I chose FDR and am displaying the info in scrapbook I am making. Is this enough info?



Childhood

On January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York. He had a comfortable life at his family mansion. His childhood days were full of sailing, horseback riding and private tutoring. He was the only child of Sarah and James Roosevelt. Franklin’s father was a businessman and a railroad worker, while his mother took great care in preserving anything Franklin made or wrote.

At the age of 14, Franklin Roosevelt attended Groton, an elite boarding school. There, his tutors taught him a valuable lesson: it was the responsibility of the wealthy to take care of the well-being of those who were poorer. This lesson would become the foundation of his presidency.

After his father’s death in 1900, at the age of 18, Franklin Roosevelt entered Harvard Law School. He was unperturbed by his ‘C’ average, but was upset to find out he was too light to participate on the football team. When he was 28 democratic leaders from Dutchess County approached Roosevelt and asked that he run for state legislature. He accepted and became state senator. This was the beginning of his political career, and arguably the end of his care-free days of his youth.



Election

The stock market crashed on October 24, 1929, and America’s financial well-being ended. President Hover believed that there was nothing to worry about. However, the breadlines, homeless farmers and the unemployed proved differently. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, now Governor of New York after serving as Secretary of the Navy, thought differently. He believed it was the Government’s responsibility to provide for it’s people.

Democratic leaders chose Roosevelt as their candidate. Roosevelt’s running mate was John Garner. He spoke with coal miners and farmers during his campaign, giving a voice to their concerns and anger. He created jobs in reforestation and helped farmers threaten be poverty. On Election Day, 1932, the American people had cast their ballots. The message of hope Roosevelt gave was chosen. On November 8th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected as the 32nd president of the United States of America.

FDR would go on to win his second election, by a land sliding victory against Alf Landon, with 523 electoral votes. Roosevelt did not request to be re-elected for a third term, but the public put his name on the ballot anyway, so he started campaigning. He built Willkie, a politician who wanted to go into World War II and fight Hitler. Roosevelt received 449 electoral votes in 1940. Because of his declining health, FDR narrowly won his fourth and final election against Thomas Dewey. After Franklin Roosevelt died, Congress amended the Constitution, declaring a president can serve no more than 10 years.

Polio

While Roosevelt and his family were vacationing in Canada at their summer home, he was struck with polio, or infantile paralysis. While sailing on August 9, 1921 he fell into the water. He developed a high fever, and the doctors reported he had a “bad cold”. In the preceding days, he would lose control of his left leg, and then his right. It was late that Roosevelt discovered he has polio. He would never walk un-aided again.



In 1924, Roosevelt discovered Warm Springs, Georgia, which allegedly had healing mineral water. He became a frequent visitor there for the rest of his life, as he swam their to exercise and regenerate his muscles . Three years later, he donated $200,000 to the resort to create the Georgia Warm Springs Association. Patients who knew Roosevelt well referred to him as ‘Uncle Rosey’. Because of Warm Springs, FDR was able to drive again after Warm Springs developed a hand-controlled car. Warm Springs not only brought healing waters, but a continuous support system.

For donating so much money to search for a vaccine to cure polio, on 1964, Congress decided to honor FDR by placing his face on the dime.

Because of Polio, Roosevelt personality had changed. He became less self-reliant and concerned with appearance. He would often joke about his disability, and although he never hid it, many Americans never knew he was paralyzed from the waist down.

Family-

The first Roosevelt to come to America was a Dutch immigrant by the name of Claes van Rosevelt, who arrived in 1649. The name Roosevelt translates to Rose Field.

In his third year at Harvard, Franklin fell in love with Eleanor Roosevelt, his distant cousin. Although they knew each other since childhood, being relatives, FDR did not begin to love her until his 21st birthday. Eleanor contrasted his demeanor, being shy and serious and often and advocate of Civil and Women rights.

Franklin and Eleanor had 6 children together, five of which reached maturity: Anna, James, Elliot, Franklin Jr. and John. FDR enjoyed sailing, riding, and wrestling with his kids. Like his father, he was horrible at punishing, aEnough information for a 9th grade midterm (10 points)?
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