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Rough Riders WWI
Season 1
The Roosevelts
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Theodore Roosevelt asks to form a 'rough riders' regiment to fight in World War I.
Aired: | Expires: | Runtime: 3m 45s
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Episode 1, Season 1<br> Get Action (1858-1901)
Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
The Roosevelts
| 1:54:57
Episode 2, Season 1<br> In the Arena (1901-1910)
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.
The Roosevelts
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Extras
Education Clip: Eleanor Strikes Out on her Own
In 1921 Eleanor joined the board of women's voters and made new lifelong friends
2:42
Timeline Clip - FDR’s Second 100 Days
FDR’s Second 100 Days; National Labor Relations Board; Social Security Act.
4:21
Education Clip: Theodore Roosevelt and WWI
President Wilson asks congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917
5:54
Education Clip: Theodore Roosevelt Childhood
Theodore Roosevelt was a sickly child, severely asthmatic and not expected to live long
7:40
Education Clip: Eleanor Roosevelt Early Years
Eleanor Roosevelt had a very lonely childhood
11:45
Timeline Clip - FDR’s D-Day prayer
Timeline Clip - FDR’s D-Day prayer
3:47
Timeline Clip - New Deal Achievement
End of 30’s New Deal’s achievements; FDR’s new focus on war crisis;
3:31
Education Clip: Civil Rights Support
African American citizens were the worst affected by the depression
7:52
Education Clip: Office of Civil Defense
Eleanor accepts a job working in the newly create Office of Civil Defense.
2:21
Education Clip: Theodore Roosevelt Second Term Successes
TR had many successes in his second term among them, the Hepburn & Food and Drug Act
7:40
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