Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
Examina la vida temprana de Theodore Roosevelt y la de su primo más joven, Franklin.
Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
Explore the making of the The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.
Theodore Roosevelt's views on what makes a civilized nation
FDR works with businesses to create a war machine. With WWII, The USA goes back to work.
After FDR dies, Eleanor Roosevelt joins the United Nations
In FDR's second 100 days he passes the social security act
Timeline Clip - Theodore Roosevelts time at Harvard
Timeline Clip - James and Sara marry
Timeline clip - TR’s political career starts
Timeline clip - Baby Alice is born
Timeline Clip - Theodore Roosevelt Marries Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Timeline Clip - Eleanor Roosevelt Is Born and TR's brother Elliot dies.
TR as Police Commissioner of NYC
Timeline Clip - TR as warmongerer
Timeline Clip - TR as American hero
Timeline Clip - McKinley assassinated, TR becomes President
Timeline Clip - Theodore Roosevelt has dinner with Booker T. Washington.
Timeline Clip - Theodore Roosevelt’s Views On Civilization
The Allies land at Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944 and FDR reads his prayer on the radio
Timeline Clip: FDR creates rehab center for fellow polios
Timeline Clip: FDR takes oath of office
Theodore Roosevelt took on the Industrial Trusts and J.P. Morgan and triumphed.
Theodore Roosevelt settles the coal strike of 1902
TR had many successes in his second term among them, the Hepburn & Food and Drug Act
FDR faces the two greatest crises of the 20th century: The Depression and WWII.
FDRs first 100 days legislation kicked off the New Deal
FDR thought the Government should take care of the people.
In 1936 The Supreme Court overturned many of the new deal statutes.
Eleanor Roosevelt had a very lonely childhood
In 1922 Eleanor Roosevelt speaks at the Democratic Womens Luncheon
Theodore Roosevelt bullies his way into building the Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt was a sickly child, severely asthmatic and not expected to live long
Theodore Roosevelt was an imperialist and always ready for war and battle.
Theodore Roosevelt fights in the Spanish-American War of 1898
President Wilson asks congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917
In 1921 Eleanor joined the board of women's voters and made new lifelong friends
FDR’s Second 100 Days; National Labor Relations Board; Social Security Act.
Timeline Clip - Eleanor Roosevelt on Troubled World
End of 30’s New Deal’s achievements; FDR’s new focus on war crisis;
Timeline Clip - FDR works to create war machine
Timeline Clip - FDR’s D-Day prayer
Timeline Clip -TR Jr. heroism at D-Day
Timeline Clip - Eleanor Roosevelt Leaves White House
FDR discusses the pacific front during a fireside chat
In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt breaks with the Republicans and starts the Bull Moose Party
TR, shot during a speech, continues to talk for an hour with a bullet lodged in his chest.
During WW1 Theodore Roosevelt asks Woodrow Wilson if he can put together The Rough Riders
Eleanor and Franklin were both horrified at the actions of Kristallnacht.
With Germany's invasion of Poland, World War II begins.
FDR was elected for a third term- the first time in U.S. history.
On Dec. 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and drew the United States into the war
Al Smith and other political enemies claimed that the new deal was making things worse
FDR started talking straight to the American people using a new medium- radio
TR ordered the dishonorable discharge of 167 soldiers of the 25th Infantry
African American citizens were the worst affected by the depression
FDR and ER helped to integrate the war effort
In the the summer of 1921 Franklin Delano Roosevelt contracts polio
FDR buys Warm Springs and creates a rehab center for polio sufferers.
In 1928 FDR decides to run for New York Governor
FDR embraced the press and used them to communicate with voters
President and Mrs. Harry Truman have lunch with Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House
Eleanor began to champion several causes that took her away from her family.
Eleanor accepts a job working in the newly create Office of Civil Defense.
After the death of FDR Eleanor continued her work on behalf of civil rights
Eleanor Roosevelt continued to push for progressive initiatives
