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Franklin D. Roosevelt Trivia Questions With Answers

Who was the 32nd President of the United States?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.

During what time period was Franklin D. Roosevelt the President of the U.S.?
A: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945

Who was Franklin’s Vice President?
A: John Nance Garner (1933–41), Henry A. Wallace (1941–45), Harry S. Truman (1945)

Who preceded Roosevelt as U.S. President?
A: Herbert Hoover.

Who succeeded Roosevelt as President of the United States?
A: Harry S. Truman.

Franklin was the 44th Governor of what state?
A: New York.

Franklin was a democrat, who won how many presidential elections?
A: A record four elections and served from March 1933 to his death in April 1945.

 

Where was Franklin D. Roosevelt born?
A: In Hyde Park, New York.

In what year was Roosevelt born?
A:  In 1882.

Where did he attend College, graduating in 1903?
A: Harvard.

Who did Franklin marry in 1905?
A: He married Eleanor Roosevelt.

How many children did Franklin and Eleanor have?
A: Six.

When did he enter politics?
A: In 1910, serving in the New York State Senate.

In 1920, Franklin was the Democratic nominee for Vice-President of the United States, but was defeated by whom?
A: Calvin Coolidge.

 

Roosevelt was stricken with what in 1921?
A: Polio, which cost him the use of his legs.

Roosevelt defeated what incumbent Republican in November 1932, at the depth of the Great Depression?
A: Herbert Hoover.

As World War II loomed, Roosevelt gave strong diplomatic and financial support to what two countries, while remaining officially neutral?
A: China and Great Britain.

His goal was to make America the "Arsenal of Democracy," which would supply what to the allies?
A: Munitions.

With very strong national support, Roosevelt made war on Japan and Germany after the what?
A: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

What did Roosevelt order in 1942?
A: He ordered the internment of 100,000 Japanese American civilians.

Roosevelt is consistently rated by scholars as one of the top three what?
A: U.S. Presidents, along with Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.

 

Roosevelt attended events of what New York society?
A: Sons of the American Revolution.

He joined the organization while he was what?
A: President.

Who were Roosevelt's parents?
A:  James Roosevelt I,  and Sara Ann Delano.

His parents, James and Sara, were sixth what?
A: Cousins.

James and Sara both were from what type of families
A: Wealthy old New York families.

Roosevelt grew up in an atmosphere of what?
A: Privilege.

What type of mother was Sara?
A: She was a possessive mother.

What age was Franklin when he made his first trip to Europe with his parents?
A: First at the age of two.

 

He went with his parents to Europe every year from the ages of seven to what?
A: 15

Roosevelt become conversant in what languages?
A: German and French.

Roosevelt attended Groton School where 90% of the students were from families on the what?
A: Social register.

Franklin was strongly influenced by its headmaster, Endicott Peabody, who preached what?
A: That the duty of Christians was to help the less fortunate and urged his students to enter public service.

Academically, what type of student was he?
A: Average.

 
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