USA HISTORY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELTS NEW DEAL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
FDR built a house so he could receive polio treatments. Where did he build the house?
A
New York, New York
B
Boston, Mass.
C
Warm Springs, Georgia
D
Jesup, Georgia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Today, the Roosevelt’s Little White House remains the same as it was the day the president died. Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site is located at 401 Little White House Rd. in Warm Springs, GA 1/4 mile south of Warm Springs on Ga.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was diagnosed with poliomyelitis and underwent years of therapy, including hydrotherapy at Warm Springs, Georgia. Roosevelt remained paralyzed from the waist down and relied on a wheelchair and leg braces for mobility, which he took efforts to conceal in public.

Detailed explanation-3: -Franklin Delano Roosevelt first visited Warm Springs in October 1924. He went to a resort in the town whose attraction was a permanent 88-degree natural spring, but whose main house, the Meriwether Inn, was described as “ramshackle". Roosevelt bought the resort and the 1, 700-acre (6.9 km2) farm surrounding it in 1927.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, located in the Historic District of Warm Springs, Georgia. He first came to Warm Springs (formerly known as Bullochville) in 1924 for polio treatment, and liked the area so much that, as Governor of New York, he had a home built on nearby Pine Mountain.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Warm Springs Foundation created what became the first and for many years, the only hospital devoted solely to the treatment of poliomyelitis victims in the world.

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