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The Roosevelts
The Rising Road (1933-1939)
Season 1
Episode 5
FDR brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending the Depression, his sweeping New Deal restores the people’s self-confidence and transforms the relationship between them and their government. Eleanor rejects the traditional role of first lady, becomes her husband’s liberal conscience and a sometimes controversial political force.
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Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
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Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
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Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.
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FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
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Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
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Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
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1:54:57
Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
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1:51:33
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.
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1:55:05
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
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1:56:40
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
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1:56:30
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
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1:56:20
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.