Franklin D. Roosevelt: Difference between revisions

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* [[Mid-Atlantic Accent]]: Probably the most prominent (non-movie star) example of this accent in recent history; not unexpected, given that it was created to be the accent of the American upper class.

* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]

* [[Politically-Correct History]]: The main heading details his attempts to conceal his lack of use of his legs from the public (the picture at the top is one of the only two showing him using a wheelchair. The other can be seen [http://frc.sbcc.edu/4sbccfaculty/lecture/2000s/images/shapiro_images/42-back_of_fdr_in_chair_72.jpg here]); the FDR memorial features a statue of him seated in a wheelchair which was added well after the initial design phase because disability rights groups complained that this aspect of his life was being ignored.

* [[Politically-Correct History]]: The main heading details his attempts to conceal his lack of use of his legs from the public (the picture at the top is one of the only two showing him using a wheelchair. The other can be seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20120308191524/http://frc.sbcc.edu/4sbccfaculty/lecture/2000s/images/shapiro_images/42-back_of_fdr_in_chair_72.jpg here]); the FDR memorial features a statue of him seated in a wheelchair which was added well after the initial design phase because disability rights groups complained that this aspect of his life was being ignored.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: If not for Roosevelt's untimely death, the [[Vietnam War]] would probably never have happened. He was in favor of the Viet Minh rebels and despised Western colonialism in all its forms; it's very possible, if not likely, that he would have told the French to suck it if they asked for Indochina back.

** He constantly would pester Churchill to grant India independence. One of the biggest disagreements the two ever had.