USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
FDR is the only president in American history to have
A
been elected to 3 terms
B
been elected to 4 terms
C
to serve 2 non-consecutive terms
D
to die in office
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The third presidential term of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on January 20, 1941, when he was once again inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the fourth term of his presidency ended with his death on April 12, 1945.

Detailed explanation-2: -Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a Democrat. He won election to the New York Senate in 1910.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt was able to serve four terms as president because he marketed himself as a steady hand for the United States as the country went through the Great Depression and the horrors of World War II. The 1930s was one of the most disastrous decades in world history, and the U.S. was not spared.

Detailed explanation-4: -Before the 22nd Amendment, presidents could run for more than two terms-but only FDR managed to win more than two consecutive elections. Before the 22nd Amendment, presidents could run for more than two terms-but only FDR managed to win more than two consecutive elections.

Detailed explanation-5: -On November 7, 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains the only president to have served more than two terms. Roosevelt rose above personal and political challenges to emerge as one of the nation’s most revered and influential presidents.

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