THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELTS NEW DEAL
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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asthma
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pimples
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polio
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chicken pox
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Hyde Park remained an important place for the Roosevelts throughout the president’s life. He was buried there after his death in 1945. In 1921 at the age of 39, Roosevelt contracted poliomyelitis. Polio is an infectious disease that can cause paralysis.
Detailed explanation-3: -He won election to the New York Senate in 1910. President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1920. In the summer of 1921, when he was 39, disaster hit-he was stricken with poliomyelitis.