My American Experience

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Introduction:
FDR
Photo Gallery:
Propaganda Posters
Timeline:
World Timeline 1933-1945
Bonus Video:
Hitler's Threat
Bonus Video:
Depression Relief
Bonus Video:
Lend-Lease
Bonus Video:
Hiding a Disability
Bonus Video:
Creating a Reason to Go to War
Bonus Video:
Fear Itself
Bonus Video:
Imperial Japan
Bonus Video:
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bonus Video:
Reshaping the Supreme Court
Interview:
Robert Dallek, Historian
Interview:
Curtis Roosevelt, Grandson
General Article:
Did You Know?
General Article:
Early Career
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Domestic Politics
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Foreign Affairs
General Article:
Presidential Politics
General Article:
Legacy
Primary Resources:
First Inaugural Address 1933
Poll Results:
Poll Results
Primary Resources:
Second Inaugural Address 1937
Primary Resources:
Third Inaugural Address 1941
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Fourth Inaugural Address 1945
Primary Resources:
Fireside Chat, May 7, 1933
Primary Resources:
Mobilization for Human Needs, 1933
Primary Resources:
Three Essentials for Unemployment Relief
Primary Resources:
Address on Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1935
Primary Resources:
Message to Congress on Social Security
Primary Resources:
Third Anniversary of C.C.C.
Primary Resources:
Pearl Harbor Speech
Primary Resources:
Greetings to the Civilian Conservation Corps
Primary Resources:
The Neutrality Act of 1937
Primary Resources:
Letter from Joseph C. Grew to Cordell Hull
Primary Resources:
Letter from Hugh. R Wilson to FDR
Primary Resources:
Oral Histories
Primary Resources:
The Atlantic Charter
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This Business of Relief
Primary Resources:
An Emergency is On!
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New Deal a Square Deal for the Negro?
Primary Resources:
Take the Army Out of the CCC
Further Reading:
Related Books and Websites
Cast & Crew:
Film Credits
Transcript:
Program Transcript
Teacher's Resources:
Teacher's Guide

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Topic: Who is Your Favorite 20th-Century American President?

Who is your favorite 20th-century American president? Was it FDR? Kennedy? Reagan? Or one of the other 14 men from Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) to Bill Clinton (1993-2001) who helped usher the United States through the 1900s? Who do you think was the most influential? Who had the greatest impact on the country we live in today?

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My American Experience

Topic: Who is Your Favorite 20th-Century American President?

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