Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt.

1. Where was Eleanor Roosevelt born?
a. Pennsylvania
b. New York
c. Massachusetts
d. Ohio
e. Illinois

2. Which of the following best describes Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood?
a. A poor family, but a happy childhood
b. She was a poor orphan
c. She grew up in a happy and wealthy home
d. A wealthy family, but a tough childhood
e. She grew up on a farm where she did lots of chores

3. Where did Eleanor Roosevelt attend boarding school?
a. New York
b. Ireland
c. Spain
d. California
e. England

4. What United States president was Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Calvin Coolidge
e. William Taft

5. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt's husband?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Calvin Coolidge
e. William Taft

6. What did Eleanor Roosevelt do to help her husband during the Great Depression?
a. She came up with the idea for Social Security
b. She traveled the country seeing how people were doing
c. She helped to develop a cure for Polio
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

7. During what war did Eleanor Roosevelt visit the troops in Europe?
a. World War I
b. Vietnam War
c. Cold War
d. World War II
e. Korean War

8. True or False: Eleanor Roosevelt helped to write the Bill of Rights.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.

9. What did Eleanor Roosevelt do after her husband died?
a. Fought for human rights throughout the world
b. Represented the United States at the United Nations
c. Wrote a number of books
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

10. What was the newspaper column 'My Day' about?
a. A day in the life of a World War II soldier
b. Politics in Washington D.C.
c. Daily life in the White House
d. Cooking recipes for the working woman
e. Daily workings of Congress


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