Harry Truman
In 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War and in possession of a weapon of unprecedented and terrifying power.
Truman had rather large shoes to fill. FDR had presided over the Great Depression and most of World War II, leaving an indelible stamp on American politics for several decades. He also left Truman with the difficult decision of whether or not to continue to develop and, ultimately, use the atomic bomb. Shockingly, FDR had kept his vice president in the dark about the bomb’s development and it was not until Roosevelt died that Truman learned of the Manhattan Project.
Watch this biography on FDR. (4.56)
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Tell us one fact that you learned from the video. Do not repeat what a friend has already shared.
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Tell us one fact that you learned from the video. Do not repeat what a friend has already shared.
One fact I learned about him from the video, that I found interesting, was the fact that he was the only US president to be elected four times. He must of been one heck of a guy. :)
ReplyDeleteIf only he could be president now… wouldn’t that be wonderful! No Trump, No President Obama… man it would be nice to have him again. :)
DeleteI looked up when the presidential term limit was first applied, and it was February 21, 1947 that Congress passed the bill.
Delete(What's so bad about Trump? He's better than Clinton IMO)
I agree with that! But FDR would be better than either! And there is a lot of stuff wrong with Trunp's ideas, IMO
DeleteTrue that. Trump is a businessman, so he will make decisions for our country depending on whether they will make him money or not. He doesn't have a very strong opinion on moral issues, like abortion, which is always a no-no. I would not vote for someone unless I know exactly what they stand for. Which is why if I was voting this year, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson are the top of the list.
DeleteAnother fun fact:
Trump had his own candy brand, Trump Chocolate.
Exactly! I agree. If I was voting is probably vote for Ben Carson. And the fact that Trump had his own candy is so funny!! :)
DeleteI kinda already knew this fact but had forgotten that FDR was cousins with Teddy I just thought that was really cool.
ReplyDeleteI learned that FDR married his 5th cousin! I think that's funny!
ReplyDeleteIt's gross to marry to your cousin. Genetics suggests that when two people with a similar consanguinity will result in more recessive traits, this includes birth defects, genetic disabilities, and heart problems. There is still a possibility that FDR's kids come without defects.
DeleteI learned that he was an only child. I also learned he began the New Deal within 100 days of being elected. The people probably saw immediately saw that he was a man of action.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that FDR was born in the high class society. Even then, he helps and understands the poor.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that he had had five children, its sad that their father died and I wonder if he was still alive when they got married?!
ReplyDeleteI have 2 facts 1. Is that i didn't know that he was the only child [i would love to be the only child].
ReplyDelete2. The other one i found interesting is that he went to Harvard university...
I have 2 facts 1. Is that i didn't know that he was the only child [i would love to be the only child].
ReplyDelete2. The other one i found interesting is that he went to Harvard university...
I learned that at the age of 39 he got polio.
ReplyDeleteOne fact I thought was interesting is that within his first 100 days in office, he began the New Deal.
ReplyDeleteOne fact I learned was that himand his wife were 5th cousins, and that they knew eachother as kids, and reunited in collage! I had no idea!
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if this counts as a valid one fact about FDR, but here goes. FDR had a cousin who was Theodore Roosevelt, aka, Teddy. Now, Teddy was the NY State Governor in 1898, FDR was NY State Senator in 1910. Teddy was the US Navy Assistant Secretary in 1897, FDR became Assistance Secretary of the Navy in 1913. We all know they both were presidents! And both cousins had 6 children. Now that is a really similar life for both cousins. I also learned that FDR was able to build support for the war by introducing the 4 (very important) freedoms: 1. Freedom of Speech 2. Freedom of Worship 3. Freedom from fear 4. Freedom from want
ReplyDeleteSomething I learned about FDR is how he was so friendly and nice that a poor man could say "I didn't know him, but he knew me." He was such a good man.
ReplyDeletesomething I didn't know was that FDR basically said that he should stay in office because you shouldn't change leaders in the middle of a war but he said it better than I did (with a simile)
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ReplyDelete"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." I already knew this, and it's a very well known quote, but a very good one.
ReplyDeleteThe video wouldn't load for me, but the bio came up and I just read it. I learned that the FDR died in Georgia! :)
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