President #1:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

Congratulations! You have chosen Franklin Delano Roosevelt as your group’s president to defend. FDR was arguably the greatest President of the 20^th in terms of what he did to change our country before and during one of the world’s worst times. He also was capable of a feat that no other president has ever or will ever duplicate. Can you find out what it is? The sites provided below will provide you with the answers your group needs to probably defend this man’s future place on Mt. Rushmore.

White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html

American Presidents: Life Portraits http://www.americanpresidents.org/

The New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/

American President.Org http://www.americanpresident.org/history/franklindelanoroosevelt/