Franklin Roosevelt married Eleanor Roosevelt. THey had 6 children. FDR had an affair with Eleanor's secratary and other women. Eleanor offered him a divorce but he declined for his image.Roosevelt was known as one of the most succesful presidents ever. Roosevelt also had a disease called polio. It made him handicapped and he was aided by a wheelchair. Sometimes he would stand at conferences but was aided by one of his sons. Roosevelt died on March 29th, 1945 due to a cerebal hemmorage.The Civilian Conservation Corps. was designed to help the unemployment of the Great Depression. It was succesful and was considered one of the best New Deal programs, It was not meant to be permanent though, so thery stopped paying for it in 1942.The Farm Security Administration was created in 1937. It was designed to improve the lifestyles of sharecroppers, tennants, and poor landing owning farmers effected by the dust bowl. It brought the farmers together so they could work on large farms owned by the government with new techinques. It is still around now but has been named the Farmers Home Administration. It is mostly famous for pictures taken during the time that showed what rural poverty was like.
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