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The Roosevelts
Education Clip: New Deal I
Congress passes sweeping legislation giving President Roosevelt unprecedented powers to control and manage the nation’s economy and changing the role of the federal government.
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Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
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Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
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Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.